A survivor of Omaha Beach and many other battles in France, Canadian native Sgt. Charles A. MacGillivary was no stranger to combat or bravery. Having been awarded multiple Purple Hearts, Bronze Stars and a DSC, he figured the enemy would have had enough.
But on Jan 1, 1945 near the town of Wœlfling, his unit of the 71st IR, 44th Inf. Div. was pinned down by numerous MG nests. With no fucks to spare, he began a lone attack against the emplacements.
One by one, he took out the crews with grenades, picking up an enemy MG along the way and blasting the fuck out of Jerry at close range. Despite losing his arm when bullets tore into him, he managed to take out 6 nests and kill 36 of the enemy.
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"I looked down and my left arm wasn’t there. When you get hit by a machine gun, it’s like somebody put a hot poker in you. I stuck the stump of my arm into the snow, but the warm blood melted the snow. I figured I was dying. When they rescued me, my arm had a cake of bloody ice frozen around it, sealing the wound. If it had been summer, I’d been dead."
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He recovered from his wounds and was awarded the Medal of Honor. #ww2 #hardcore #stayzero #zerofoxtrot