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Originally Posted by helbent4
Lee,
Probably a little more famous (at least around here) was a local boy, Ernest "Smokey" Smith, a Seaforth Highlander. He earned a Victoria Cross in Italy by (among other things) using a PIAT to take out two Mk V Panther tanks (one by firing from the hip) plus a Stug III, then hold off up to a company of SS simgle-handedly with a Thompson. While dragging wounded comrades to safety.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Smith
Tony |
I'm always amazed and proud to read the stories of the men who have earned the Medal of Honor/Victoria Cross. They truely are the best that their country has...