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You should also read about Leo Major, a real bad ass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major - Single-handedl
by plehoux 12y ago
You should also read about Leo Major, a real bad ass:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major
- Single-handedly liberated the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands from German army occupation
- Won two distinguished conduct medals, one in WWII and one in Korea
- Only person whose DCMs were awarded in two different wars
- He refuse his WII medal, because it was handed by a general despising french Canadian soldiers
- Lost one eye in first days of Normandy campaign
- ...
- danesparza 12y agoThank you! When compared to this guy, Chuck Norris no longer holds the title of 'real badass' in my book.
- madaxe_again 12y agoAlso don't forget "Mad" Jack Churchill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill . That said, I find the fact that the BBC are running this article a touch jingoistic - "Look boys, war is glorious!".
- pierrec 12y agoJingoistic indeed. About the Jack Churchill article, editing Wikipedia seems a bit daunting to me, but maybe someone more experimented could amend or remove the sentence: "Churchill also carried out the last recorded bow and arrow killing in action" I'm not sure what they mean by "recorded", but people are still using bows and arrows to kill each other as recently as 2008: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bows_and_arrows_deadly_weapons_of_rural_Kenyas_war_999.html http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bows_and_arrows_deadly_weapo... http://www.ogiek.org/election-war/election-war-4.htm http://www.ogiek.org/election-war/election-war-4.htm