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  • VC (Victoria Cross) winner branded a war criminal

    04/10/2006 12:57:07 PM PDT · by 5050 no line · 64 replies · 2,173+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 10 April 2006 | Paul Chapman
    A ruse that helped to win a soldier the Victoria Cross during the Second World War was a "war crime" and New Zealand should apologise to the families of the snipers he killed, it was claimed yesterday. Alfred Clive Hulme, the father of Denny Hulme, the late world motor racing champion, was awarded the VC for bravery in killing 33 German snipers over eight days during the Battle of Crete in 1941. He returned home a hero to the town of Nelson. But a new book by two military historians says that, in winning his VC, Sgt Hulme committed "acts...
  • 'Disillusioned' Col Collins to quit Army in summer

    01/11/2004 4:33:14 AM PST · by 5050 no line · 5 replies · 165+ views
    The Sunday Telegraph ^ | (Filed: 11/01/2004) | By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent
    Colonel Tim Collins, the officer who won worldwide renown for his rousing speech on the eve of the Iraq war, has dramatically quit the Army. Col Collins, who commanded the 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment during the conflict, is reported to have resigned and will leave in August because he has become disillusioned with the Army. Although the colonel has made no official statement, his wife, Caroline, was quoted yesterday as saying: "Tim is worried that the Army is being crippled by political correctness, petty bureaucracy and the refusal of politicians who send soldiers to war to give them...