Like some insane LARPer thrust into the battlefields of World War II, Fighting Jack Churchill (1906-1996) shot German soldiers with broad-headed arrows, played the bagpipes on commando raids, and captured enemy soldiers with a claymore. Then he got captured and escaped from a German prison camp, walking 150 miles across occupied territory. For an encore he was sent to Palestine and ran into Jewish-Arab crossfires in full highlander regalia, kilt, bonnet, stockings and spats.
[via Damn Interesting]
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