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发帖数: 4631 | 1 Guy Fought in WWII With a Sword and Bow
http://gizmodo.com/this-guy-fought-in-wwii-with-a-sword-and-bow
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, nicknamed “Mad Jack,”Born into an
old Oxfordshire family, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy at
Sandhurst in 1926. Before his World War II fame, Mad Jack worked as an
editor of a Nairobi newspaper, a model, and a movie extra, appearing in The
Thief of Bagdad due to his expertise with a bow. That same talent with
archery took him to Oslo, Norway where he shot for Britain during the world
championships in 1939.
By this time, of course, Europe was fast approaching World War II. Mad Jack
had left the army after ten years of service, but happily returned to it
because of the “country having gotten into a jam in my absence.”
By May 1940, Mad Jack was the second in command of an infantry company. He
always marched into battle with a bow and arrows and his trusty basket-
hilted claymore by his side.
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