eccentric brit in WWII
Mar. 14th, 2009 07:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmdso, i hadn't realized the brits had a guy in WWII who went into battle with a claymore.
not a 'claymore mine'. fuck that. the guy carried a fucking claymore sword. and a longbow. he is the only british soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow.
wikipedia article on Fighting Jack Churchill
and the dude surfed.
found via cracked.com's list of 5 real life soldiers who make rambo look like a pussy.
not a 'claymore mine'. fuck that. the guy carried a fucking claymore sword. and a longbow. he is the only british soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow.
wikipedia article on Fighting Jack Churchill
and the dude surfed.
found via cracked.com's list of 5 real life soldiers who make rambo look like a pussy.
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Loved the writing
Date: 2009-03-14 04:29 pm (UTC)Like this bit about Hayah:
"Supposedly, they had the location right, and he actually got hit by a cloud of shrapnel that tore his coat up, but didn't actually hurt him, because he's the fucking White Death, damn it."
And:
"In To Hell and Back, Audie Murphy plays Audie Murphy, a badass war hero who proves his worth on the battlefield with his awesome badassery. The movie was the highest-grossing film Universal made, a record it held for 20 years until the making of Jaws. That's right, they actually needed a movie about a giant, man-eating, shark to top Audie Murphy's awesomeness."