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Man the Nazis could not kill: A giant with a volcanic temper, he shot 100 enemy soldiers and won..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253522/Man-Nazis-kill-A-giant-volcanic-temper-shot-100-enemy-won-VC--hated-hero.html#comments ^
| 12/26/12
Posted on 12/27/2012 7:24:22 AM PST by LibWhacker
Sergeant-Major Stan Hollis, of Middlesbrough was the only soldier awarded a VC at D-Day and is believed to have gunned down 100 German soldiers
During the early hours of June 6, 1944 - D-Day - lines of scared young soldiers waited in the dark for the order to board the landing craft that would take them into battle on the beaches of northern France.
At the last minute they were issued with an unexpected piece of equipment a condom each!
What are these for? boomed out the voice of Sergeant-Major Stan Hollis, a hulking power-house of a man from the back streets of northern England.
[***SNIP***]
Hollis refused to go on the dole or take the war pension to which he was entitled. He even refused family allowance payments.
I dont need charity handouts, he would maintain, with that same fierce pride and independence that had made him such a force on the battlefield.
[***SNIP***]
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dday; hero; hollis; nazis; sourcetitlenoturl; victoriacross; ww2; wwii
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To: LibWhacker
Oops, forgot to include the author (Tony Rennell) and source (Daily Mail).
To: LibWhacker
People like this give Code Pink nightmares.
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:32:46 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:33:06 AM PST
by
ZULU
(See video: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html)
To: LibWhacker
This world needs more men like Stan Hollis.
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:38:21 AM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Some cultures are destined to remain stupid and we need to quit trying to uplift them.)
To: ZULU
They put the condoms over the rifle barrel. It kept water and sand from getting inside.
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:38:55 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
A British Sergeant York of WWII
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:42:07 AM PST
by
stickywillie
(God Bless Lord Monckton)
To: massgopguy
At first I thought, is he trying to be funny?, but that makes sense. lol
God Bless that man, nothing like an American soldier, just to bad he couldn't have doubled that number.
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posted on
12/27/2012 7:46:19 AM PST
by
annieokie
To: LibWhacker
His heroics would make a great movie, however, I think to do him justice, it would have to be a mini-series.
To: LibWhacker
Think of him and bow your head in respect.
Think of the obamadork and hurl in revulsion.
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
This world needs more men like Stan Hollis.
Well, John Kerry received 3 Purple Hearts......he was in Vietnam you know
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posted on
12/27/2012 8:06:33 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
12/27/2012 8:13:23 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Hot Tabasco; All
Well, John Kerry received 3 Purple Hearts...
he was in Vietnam you knowyhea..Three Rice Fragments, in his pompous @$$...
*really in his @$$*
one missed his brain by that much! ..(2mm)
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posted on
12/27/2012 8:15:23 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :-)
To: annieokie
To: Trailerpark Badass
OOPS, sorry BRITS. Nothing like the American or British soldiers, unbeatable force and may it always be that way.
To: Hot Tabasco
Well, John Kerry received 3 Purple Hearts......he was in Vietnam you know I know.
Kerry Lied
Millions Died
The perfect "man" for the job of Sec State...
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posted on
12/27/2012 8:27:26 AM PST
by
null and void
(Going Galt: The won't of the people)
To: null and void; All
"the Killing Fields", that why..I respected
Joan Baez (Song: "They Torn Old Dixie Down");
while she "dared" to condemned (HR) the communists,
her "friends" abandoned / savaged her...she spoke-up.
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posted on
12/27/2012 9:11:57 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :-)
To: LibWhacker
I dont need charity handouts, he would maintainThis guy would definitely NOT be an Ubama voter, lol.
To: Hot Tabasco
“Well, John Kerry received 3 Purple Hearts......he was in Vietnam you know”
Really? I don’t remember ever hearing about that... ;)
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posted on
12/27/2012 9:32:24 AM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Some cultures are destined to remain stupid and we need to quit trying to uplift them.)
To: LibWhacker
It is men like this that make me so proud to be British.
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