"Captain, I'm givin' 'er all I got!"

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Obviously I have a slight penchant for most things Sci Fi. Thusly, it is a very sad day to learn of this (hat tip to FrankJ). The article does contain some info that I am certain a true Trekkie might know (I lean more towards the "Greedo dinna shoot first" crowd):

He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. “The sea was rough,” he recalled. “We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans.”

The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren’t heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.

Wow. Never even had a clue.

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