" At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled. "We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html
Thanks for this info on him, he was a true hero like all the others during that time, including my dad who was one in the Normandy landings and who just died in May. This still does not negate my original point!