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Sunday, 15 July 2012
quote [ he is best remembered as a courageous and celebrated saboteur who fought for the honor of France in World War II as a secret agent with the British.
His exploits were legend, involving an eclectic and decidedly resourceful collection of tools in the service of sabotage and escape, including loaves of bread, a stolen limousine, the leg of a table, a bicycle and a nun’s habit, ] What a guy.
[by pleaides@5:54amGMT] [+10 Informative] |
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Mr. Langosta
said @ 9:17am GMT on 15th Jul
Man, my life blows. |
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EPT
said @ 11:53am GMT on 15th Jul
[Score:1 Funny]
When's the Michael Bay film coming out? |
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ComposerNate
said @ 1:31pm GMT on 15th Jul
[Score:2]
Unsearchable: Robert de La Rochefoucauld |
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Mr. Langosta
said @ 3:04pm GMT on 15th Jul
Yeah, I can't imagine how many more headlines he'll be in. |
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pleaides
said @ 3:31am GMT on 16th Jul
[Score:1 Good]
Good point Nate, thanks for bringing it to my attention :) Fixed now. |
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coffeejoejava
said @ 1:39pm GMT on 15th Jul
That man exemplifies the true meaning of the words "hard core". He lived more in those years as an SOE officer than 95% off men will ever live. What a life. It is too bad that these great men are leaving us, but that is life. |
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willrogers
said @ 9:39pm GMT on 15th Jul
There was another French freedom fighter who died earlier this year and she was hardcore as fuck, but I'm having trouble remembering her name. There's a great story about her where she was being interviewed about one of her missions where her partner got caught by a Nazi guard. The interviewer breathlessly asked what she did and the woman just silently drew her finger across her throat. |
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rndmnmbr
said @ 1:52pm GMT on 15th Jul
[Score:2 Informative]
Badass of the Week: Robert de La Rochefoucauld |
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ComposerNate
said @ 2:32pm GMT on 15th Jul
[Score:1 Funny]
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Gunner v2.0
said @ 6:00pm GMT on 15th Jul
Last time I was back in Canada I picked up a book called "Churchill's Spy" or something like that (I must have lent it out; I can't seem to find it). It was a first-person account of a guy just like this who did couriering, resistance coordinating and sabotage in occupied Europe. Amazing stuff. These guys had balls of steel. Big shiny ones. |
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Adam
said @ 6:05pm GMT on 15th Jul
Yeah, especially the part where he helped his buddy who took part in the deportation of Jews to their deaths escape punishment in Switzerland. |
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Mel Gibson
said @ 8:35pm GMT on 15th Jul
MY HERO |
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