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2005-08-03 Great White North

Last Canadian Victoria Cross winner dies at 91

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-03 13:46|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like he was quite a Man...

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-03 14:17|| 2005-08-03 14:17|| Front Page Top

#2 "Smith, who used to kill enemy troops with a half-metre-long, Indian-style warclub bristling with nails

WTF ? The whole rest of the article talks about Tommy guns and PIATs ( you know, ** NORMAL ** WWII-era weaponry)

Either that is a fact, in which case shame on the writer for not giving us more of THAT story, or that is some fictive weirdness thrown in for lordknowswhutreason during the "editing process" (with the state of the MSM these days, that's plausible)

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-08-03 14:51|| 2005-08-03 14:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the warclub has something to do with these parties he was having, and it ended up on the editing room floor. ;)

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-08-03 15:03|| http://www.punictreachery.com/]">[http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-08-03 15:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's the citation

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Can't find anything about a club.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-08-03 19:04|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-08-03 19:04|| Front Page Top

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