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Post by mousestalker on Feb 5, 2019 20:54:15 GMT
Peter Ortiz a/k/a Pierre Julien Ortiz
"Colonel Peter Ortiz, who spoke 5 languages fluently, was a most decorated Marine officer in World War II. He served in the O.S.S. and, before that, was the youngest Sergeant in the French Foreign Legion. In 1940, he was wounded and captured by the German invading army, he escaped and joined the U.S. Marines. Parachuting into France, he became a Maquis leader in 1944. He frequented a Lyons nightclub to gain information from the German officers who also frequented the popular club. One night, a German officer damned President Roosevelt, then the USA, and finally the Marine Corps. Ortiz then excused himself, went to his apartment and changed into his Marine Corp uniform. Returning to the club, he ordered a round then removed his raincoat and stood there resplendent in full greens and decorations yelling, "A toast to President Roosevelt!" Pointing his pistol at one German officer then another, they emptied their glasses as he ordered another round to toast the USA then Marine Corp! The Germans again drained their glasses as he backed out leaving his astonished hosts and disappeared into the night. After the war, Colonel Ortiz worked with director John Ford, also a former OSS member."
He was the real deal. 
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 5, 2019 20:58:08 GMT
Legendary Vietnam Sniper Carlos Hathcock, aka ''White Feather''.
Short movie about his most famous operation:
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Post by Sweet FA on Nov 5, 2019 22:35:48 GMT
Christopher Lee, fascinating man, amazing life...
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Post by Chenowl Blanc on Nov 6, 2019 13:12:59 GMT
Tante (Auntie) Truus comes to mind immediately. She helped to save thousands of Jewish children before and during WWII by facilitating their escape to the UK and France. I can't begin to imagine the courage it took to achieve everything that she did, year after year, especially in times as dangerous as back then. What a remarkable woman.
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Post by mybudgee on Nov 6, 2019 17:39:56 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on Nov 7, 2019 6:09:39 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on Nov 8, 2019 3:33:07 GMT
Desmond Doss, a 7th day Adventist that became the only conscientious objector to win the medal of honor in WW2 after saving 75 lives in the Battle of Okinawa.  The Mel Gibson flick "Hacksaw Ridge" is about him. |
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Post by mattig89ch on Nov 8, 2019 11:33:54 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on Nov 10, 2019 4:55:10 GMT
Ernest Shackleton and his crew deserve recognition for surviving being wrecked on Antarctica, a region most others would end up "Fucked" with a capital "F" if stranded there.  |
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Nov 10, 2019 6:07:56 GMT
While we're on World War 2 and ice rescues, can I talk to y'all about Norman Vaughan? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_D._VaughanWhile Wikipedia gives the overview, what it doesn't cover is that he ran his last Iditarod at the age of 84 (a 1000 mile dogsled race), and that he had time for wee young mushers who were utterly starstruck. |
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Nov 10, 2019 10:36:25 GMT
A big  for Ernest Shackleton and Lavochkin. My first suggestion would be Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville of HMS Revenge (1577), who singlehandedly engaged and sunk half the Spanish fleet. He died, of course, ...as did most of his crew. ...And his ship sank, ...but still... Basically all the men of Elisabeth I were Bad Asses. A quite phenomenal collection. |
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Post by AnDromedary on Nov 12, 2019 21:20:42 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on Nov 29, 2019 23:49:32 GMT
Another badass from the ice. "The Explorer who used a Knife made of his own Poop to Escape from the Ice" Peter Freuchen  |
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Post by Lavochkin on Dec 1, 2019 17:53:31 GMT
Not sure if this makes one a badass or one real lucky son of a bitch, but Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only (recognized) man who survived both U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan in WW2 and managed to live until 2010.
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Post by Patricia on Dec 3, 2019 8:39:57 GMT
This ( the Honey Badger )  is my real life bad-ass not so long ago i've seen one of them fight a couple of lions a jaguar a crocodile etc etc and lived. They do not run away and for such a little animal they're extremely fearless.  P.s no one said anything that it couldn't be an animal right.   |
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Post by Sweet FA on Mar 11, 2020 20:49:16 GMT
Exhausted Italian medical staff continue to treat CV-19 patients. link
Italian nurse Elena Pagliarini
Fellow nurse Francesca Mangiatordi, who took the above photo, told Nurse Times: "We had been working relentlessly for 10 hours. I looked at her and I wanted to hug her, but I preferred to immortalise that moment."
Nurse Alessia Bonari with bruising from protective masks
Young nurse Alessia Bonari, who shared a photo showing the marks on her face after wearing a protective mask, said she was afraid to go to work every day.
In an Instagram post, she wrote: "I am afraid because the mask might not stick properly to the face, or I might have accidentally touched myself with dirty gloves, or maybe the lenses don't cover my eyes fully and something slipped by. I am physically tired because the protective devices hurt, the lab coat makes me sweat and once I'm dressed I can no longer go to the bathroom or drink for six hours. I am psychologically tired, like all my colleagues who have been in the same situation for weeks, but this won't stop us doing our job."
Ms Bonari, from Grosseto in Tuscany, urged Italians to respect a lockdown imposed on the country to curb the spread of the disease. Otherwise, she warned all the medical staff's efforts would be in vain. She added: "We young people are not immune to coronavirus, we too can get sick - worse yet, we can make somebody else sick. "I can't afford the luxury of going back to a house under quarantine. I have to go to work and do my part. You do yours, please."
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Post by Beerfish on Mar 11, 2020 21:32:46 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on May 1, 2020 22:33:14 GMT
Theodore Roosevelt deserves a mention for continuing a speech right after getting shot, among other things.
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Post by Beerfish on May 2, 2020 3:16:08 GMT
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Post by Lavochkin on May 2, 2020 3:24:54 GMT
He's definitely not a quitter.
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Post by Phantom on May 3, 2020 21:16:53 GMT
Not sure if this makes one a badass or one real lucky son of a bitch, but Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only (recognized) man who survived both U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan in WW2 and managed to live until 2010. talk about tanking
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Post by mousestalker on May 12, 2020 1:34:52 GMT
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Post by Sifr on May 12, 2020 12:32:47 GMT
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, one of the greatest living explorers in the world.
Also a complete mad-lad who got kicked out of the SAS for attempting to blow up a dam built for the 1967 film Dr Dolittle, as well as famously having amputated his own fingers with power tools, because he couldn't be bothered to wait.
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Post by Sweet FA on May 24, 2020 3:03:21 GMT
The St Nazaire Raid, France 1942. WWII Commando/Royal Navy force outnumbered 20-1, a real suicide mission. If it were fiction it would be rejected as being too far fetched, incredible in every way.
"My Dearest Dad
By the time you get this I shall be one of the many who have sacrificed their unimportant lives for what little ideals we may have. I can only hope that by laying down my life the generations to come might in some way remember us and benefit by what we've done. At a time like this I turn to you dad and God, I hope there will be peace for everyone soon, my love to everyone, I'll remember you your loving son, Bill."
(extract from last letter written by Sgt Bill Gibson, killed in action during this raid)
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