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(Canoe) Hero After his partner died to machine gun fire, Leo Major single handedly caused the Germans to surrender a Dutch town. Today, everyone in Zwolle respectfully removed themselves from his lawn   (cnews.canoe.ca) divider line 137
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adambuck [TotalFark] 2008-10-18 11:35:44 PM  
Balls, giant.

 
beirmaster [TotalFark] 2008-10-18 11:41:30 PM  
After losing an eye on D-day he continues to fight for another year or so? Than goes to Korea when he doesn't need to?

Hero indeed.

 
MajorXero 2008-10-18 11:50:14 PM  
"Hero" is thrown around a lot these days and its sad how it's lost its meaning. But this guy, wow. This guy just went from hero to legend.

 
R.A.Danny [TotalFark] 2008-10-18 11:58:46 PM  
Thank you, Leo Major.

 
Occam's Chainsaw [TotalFark] 2008-10-18 11:58:57 PM  
Do we still have men like this today? Will their exploits be declassified in 50 years?

 
IronTom [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 12:03:53 AM  
Private Léo Major

web.ncf.ca

 
cardoso [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 12:05:06 AM  
The guy is everything Above and Beyond stands for.

 
Aarontology [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 12:47:45 AM  
FTA: After losing an eye to a grenade on D-Day on the beach in Normandy, he refused a medical evacuation. He claimed he could still sight a rifle with one eye.

Jesus. That alone is enough to nominate him for Badass of the Century.

Canada, never again will I make fun of your military.

 
tiiger 2008-10-19 01:02:19 AM  
The only problem I have with the tag is that it's not a maple leaf background.

 
Time Traveler 2008-10-19 01:02:59 AM  
Semper Fi - eh

 
CarrieWhite 2008-10-19 01:07:11 AM  
Any relation to Lee Majors?
gothamist.com

But seriously, it's really inspiring to read about heroes like this, and not the sports stars achievements that are thrust down our throat like they are in any way comparable.

 
TooMuchToDo 2008-10-19 01:07:37 AM  
MajorXero: "Hero" is thrown around a lot these days and its sad how it's lost its meaning. But this guy, wow. This guy just went from hero to legend.

I argue that a Legend tag should be introduced, when Hero doesn't quite cover it.

 
Pointy Tail of Satan 2008-10-19 01:09:02 AM  
And just when the Habs are contenders. Bummer.

 
Cold Confetti of Paradise 2008-10-19 01:12:09 AM  
i6.photobucket.com

/approves

 
qrb912 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:12:12 AM  
RIP

 
capttiss 2008-10-19 01:13:19 AM  
I have to lay down after a paper cut

 
Ed Grubermann [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:14:19 AM  
Sgt. York approves.

 
CarrieWhite 2008-10-19 01:14:32 AM  
TooMuchToDo: MajorXero: "Hero" is thrown around a lot these days and its sad how it's lost its meaning. But this guy, wow. This guy just went from hero to legend.

I argue that a Legend tag should be introduced, when Hero doesn't quite cover it.


It would just get thrown around as casually as 'hero'

 
TooMuchToDo 2008-10-19 01:15:40 AM  
CarrieWhite: TooMuchToDo: MajorXero: "Hero" is thrown around a lot these days and its sad how it's lost its meaning. But this guy, wow. This guy just went from hero to legend.

I argue that a Legend tag should be introduced, when Hero doesn't quite cover it.

It would just get thrown around as casually as 'hero'


Unfortunately, you're correct. Oh well.

 
Dispector 2008-10-19 01:16:42 AM  
Nah, I think this is the plot in Call of Duty or Medal of Honor. It's so cliche now.

/wonders how he could do all that when he was carrying around those humongous 2 ton balls of solid stainless steel
//Godspeed, sir.

 
DirkGozinya [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:20:21 AM  
Came for the Sargent Major refs, leaving saddened.

RIP, Major dude.

 
Sadida 2008-10-19 01:20:57 AM  
Awesome story, my deepest regards.

/Salute

 
monty666 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:21:27 AM  
It was awesome when he married Farrah Fawcett.

 
PartTimeSaint 2008-10-19 01:21:46 AM  
John Kerry made this guy look like a little Nancy Girl.

 
happydude45 2008-10-19 01:25:01 AM  
Great story, good headline too. Thanks.

 
WFern 2008-10-19 01:27:23 AM  
beirmaster: After losing an eye on D-day he continues to fight for another year or so? Than goes to Korea when he doesn't need to?

Hero indeed.


upload.wikimedia.org

/First thought

 
Poop-n-Slop 2008-10-19 01:30:43 AM  
FTFA:

"...Major is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pauline De Croiselle, his four children and five grand children.

from the tunnels' sale."


Hmm..

 
niangelo 2008-10-19 01:32:37 AM  
But Major, using a combination of luck, cunning, and guts, was able to capture Zwolle from the Germans by killing them when he could and setting off enough grenades to create the impression a large Canadian force had entered the city.

!!!!

 
Arbus_Khan 2008-10-19 01:32:54 AM  
...and before the obligatory sick-fark trolls show up to say (a) he didn't do all that much or (b) so he's a hero for killing blah blah or (c) it's Bush's fault because Cheney made him do it, I thought this seemed fitting for those who are so much more evolved than us knuckle-draggers who appreciate who the real heros and bad-asses are and are glad they've done a good job keeping us more or less free, fat and happy...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.- John Stuart Mill (1868)

 
Hosebag [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:33:45 AM  
Jeebus, a DCM with bar... that guy had balls, and deserves every bit of the Hero tag.

/plays Last Post (new window) just for him

 
RanDomino 2008-10-19 01:34:01 AM  
"He could have been my grandfather," she said.

He probably is.

 
hyperspacemonkey 2008-10-19 01:36:38 AM  
Amazing story!

Canada was awesome in the world wars. Korea, we were kind of cool, we don't make much of it.

 
Berz 2008-10-19 01:40:38 AM  
After reading about this 'man', my text does not do him justice.

 
Donavenn 2008-10-19 01:40:57 AM  
Ladies man, apparently.

Anyone else notice he was tapping a 57 year old at 80-something?

Nice.

 
Caesar1313 2008-10-19 01:42:59 AM  
They don't make 'em like they used to.

/RIP

 
trad16 2008-10-19 01:47:46 AM  
Donavenn: Anyone else notice he was tapping a 57 year old at 80-something?

I can't speak for the rest of the folks here, but I noticed that he was married for 57 years.


Awesome story though.

 
Jlop985 2008-10-19 01:50:35 AM  
Donavenn: Ladies man, apparently.

Anyone else notice he was tapping a 57 year old at 80-something?

Nice.


I think it means he had been married to his wife for 57 years.

 
Kant Lavar [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 01:53:45 AM  
Hero indeed. Audie Murphy approves.

*goes to present arms*

 
brynaldo 2008-10-19 01:54:29 AM  
cardoso: The guy is everything Above and Beyond stands for.

farm4.static.flickr.com

?

 
PascalsGhost 2008-10-19 01:54:55 AM  
Arbus_Khan: ...and before the obligatory sick-fark trolls show up to say (a) he didn't do all that much or (b) so he's a hero for killing blah blah or (c) it's Bush's fault because Cheney made him do it, I thought this seemed fitting for those who are so much more evolved than us knuckle-draggers who appreciate who the real heros and bad-asses are and are glad they've done a good job keeping us more or less free, fat and happy...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.- John Stuart Mill (1868)


Nobody here doing that badass. Take a walk.

 
fedexrico 2008-10-19 01:56:17 AM  
Jlop985: Donavenn: Ladies man, apparently.

Anyone else notice he was tapping a 57 year old at 80-something?

Nice.

I think it means he had been married to his wife for 57 years.


that alone deserves another docen medals or so.

57 years with one wife... damn.

godspeed, sir.

 
RandomExcess 2008-10-19 02:00:19 AM  
It is stories like this which remind the everyone that America is the greatest country in the world.

/USA, Saving the world @55 since 1917.

 
Stickdeath 2008-10-19 02:00:41 AM  
Makes Hollywood's heroes look like a pile of shiat!

/simpsons' quote "Prove me wrong kids, prove me WRONG"

 
The_Flatline [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 02:01:30 AM  
RandomExcess: It is stories like this which remind the everyone that America is the greatest country in the world.

/USA, Saving the world @55 since 1917.


Except for when it's not an American

/America... FARK YEAH!

 
niangelo 2008-10-19 02:03:36 AM  
RandomExcess: It is stories like this which remind the everyone that America is the greatest country in the world.

/USA, Saving the world @55 since 1917.


www.terminally-incoherent.com

/Painfully hotlinked

 
riknight 2008-10-19 02:04:26 AM  
Leo Your Bar stool in heaven Is waiting with the rest of your Chaps.
Balls Indeed they be filled with steel,brass coated.

 
Dispector 2008-10-19 02:05:52 AM  
RandomExcess: It is stories like this which remind the everyone that America is the greatest country in the world.

/USA, Saving the world @55 since 1917.


*sigh*

God damnit.

 
RandomExcess 2008-10-19 02:09:11 AM  
I may only have eye, sir. But I still have death perception.

 
Oznog 2008-10-19 02:21:05 AM  
www.celebrity-toupee.com

Dad? Is that you??

 
MaxxTx 2008-10-19 02:25:40 AM  
i61.photobucket.com

Here ya go.

 
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