Saturday, January 22, 2011

I Have To Read More About This Guy - He Is Cave Of Cool Ready


"Now here is a man everyone should know about – he truly typifies badassness and bravery. Nicknamed “Fighting Jack Churchill” and “Mad Jack”, he an English soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with just a longbow, arrows, and a claymore (sword). He once said “any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.” Remember that during this war he was basically using a sword and a bow and arrow against men with tanks and machine guns. He is the only soldier to have killed an enemy with an arrow in the war. And in true quirky British style, not only did he fight the good fight – he would rouse the troops with a merry tune on his bagpipes as he was an expert piper and always took them with him to battle. In his most awesome moment, Churchill led a team of commandoes into enemy lines playing “Will Ye No Come Back Again?” on his bagpipes. He was the only member of the group that made it to the objective alive – everyone else was killed around him. Perhaps the Germans liked his playing too much to kill him. When the war ended and the world celebrated, Churchill was not happy. He is recorded as saying: “If it wasn’t for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!” In retirement he took up surfing in Australia before returning to England to live. In the photograph above you can see Churchill on the right with sword in hand."

http://listverse.com/2011/01/22/top-10-incredible-badasses-you-dont-know/

2 comments:

Pat Tillett said...

that was a great story! I followed the link and read about the other 9 badasses...

Nick Ward said...

That is pure mad genius. Once again the Cave of Cool has made my day...