Just a friendly reminder of the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Here’s a photo of James Doohan, 22nd Field Battery, 13th Field Regiment RCA of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division. He was part of the famous D-Day landings of June 1944.

You can read more about here:

https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/james-doohan/

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The fact that he was shot multiple times by friendly fire, only lost a finger and was saved by a cigarette case blocking a lethal bullet from hitting his vital organ’s is out of this world.