securitybreach Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 This story is simply insane. This man was unstoppable: Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was a one-eyed, one-handed war hero who fought in three major conflicts across six decades, surviving plane crashes and PoW camps. His story is like something out of a Boy's Own comic. Carton de Wiart served in the Boer War, World War One and World War Two. In the process he was shot in the face, losing his left eye, and was also shot through the skull, hip, leg, ankle and ear. In WW1 he was severely wounded on eight occasions and mentioned in despatches six times. Having previously lost an eye and a hand in battle, Carton de Wiart, as commanding officer, was seen by his men pulling the pins of grenades out with his teeth and hurling them with his one good arm during the Battle of the Somme, winning the Victoria Cross..... Abandoning his studies, he left for South Africa to serve as a trooper in the British Army during the second Boer War. As he was under military age, wasn't a British subject and didn't have his father's consent, he pretended to be 25 and signed up under a pseudonym.... During the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans launched an artillery barrage in which Carton de Wiart's left hand was shattered. According to his autobiography, Happy Odyssey, he tore off two fingers when the doctor refused to amputate them. His hand was removed by a surgeon later that year..... "He was a brave soldier and effective leader of men. He was well qualified to hold divisional command, but so were many others, and his habit of turning up in the front line and getting himself injured didn't bode well for his ability to manage a division..... "Given the primitive communications of the time, and the amount of bureaucracy involved, commanding a division in WW1 did involve a lot of office time, which didn't seem to be his forte"..... http://www.bbc.com/n...gazine-30685433 Even when he was shot in the face, he kept fighting. This guy was either insane or had balls of steel. Freaking amazing. I can hear it now..."You got some shrapnel? Poor baby. Man up! Hahahaha". Rambo had nothing on this guy. I bet he struck fear in entire armies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Reminds me of the cartoon character in V for Vendetta. Of course, he was a fictional cartoon character and this guy was real apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Monty Python based the Black Knight on the bridge on him apparently 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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