Fortune by name, fortunate by nature.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: UK
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"I wonder how many (dozens of) squaddies have driven their vehicle miles from the scene with severe bullet or shrapnel wounds (and without the benefit of a co-pilot to do it for them) - no one offers them VCs."
I suggest you read the citation for Johnston Beharry VC
I suggest you read the citation for Johnston Beharry VC
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cheshire, California, Geneva, and Paris
Age: 67
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Bill Reid VC was such a modest man that his wife did not find out about his VC until they had been married for a number of years. They were called "The Greatest Generation" and with good reason, the world will never see their like again.
