Scotty at Normandy

[malthaussen]

6 June 1944: Lieutenant James Doohan of the 13th Canadian Field Artillery Regiment landed on Juno beach. In the course of moving his men to their firing position he shot two enemy snipers. Then while making the rounds at 2330 that night, he was shot by a sentry with a Bren machinegun, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger (you have to look hard for that, he usually hides it in films). After healing up from that adventure, he became a pilot-observer for the 1st Canadian army.

Tough dude.


-- Mal

[cyberswede]

1. Wow - I didn't know that.

[Aristus]

2. Not a bad-looking guy, either.

"Cap'n! Oy stormed th'beach a' Noormadee, fer fook's sake. Ye want some moor poe-er oot of th'auld gurrul, com doon here an' do it yer oon fookin' self!"

[The Second Stone]

3. He was also a very nice man

and kind to fans