Never Forget
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 14:15
Never Forget This Man
British Hero I’ll Never Forget
Rex North, A British Hero I’ll Never Forget,
War Correspondent, Daily Mail Friday, June 9. 1944
From Aboard Her Majesty's Ship Belfast
This is a story about of the magnificent spirit
and endurance of our men in France.
We were off the French coast, blasting enemy tanks
and silencing the heavy guns, when a tiny boat drew
alongside. ‘Will you take an injured man on board?’
We lowered a draw from a large cupboard on the end
of a crane. The sea was white-tipped, angry and rough.
The boat sank into the trough between the waves,
while the man was bleeding profusely. later he lay
on deck a cigarette between his lips, his eyes open,
watching, but still smiling. ‘Bad luck old man,’ I said.
He returned a tight smile. That night his legs
were amputated. Sadly, he died. Please remember
this man's tremendous courage, patience and will.
The ordinary people of this country, like him,
have written history in crimson-shed blood.
******
British Hero I’ll Never Forget
Rex North, A British Hero I’ll Never Forget,
War Correspondent, Daily Mail Friday, June 9. 1944
From Aboard Her Majesty's Ship Belfast
This is a story about of the magnificent spirit
and endurance of our men in France.
We were off the French coast, blasting enemy tanks
and silencing the heavy guns, when a tiny boat drew
alongside. ‘Will you take an injured man on board?’
We lowered a draw from a large cupboard on the end
of a crane. The sea was white-tipped, angry and rough.
The boat sank into the trough between the waves,
while the man was bleeding profusely. later he lay
on deck a cigarette between his lips, his eyes open,
watching, but still smiling. ‘Bad luck old man,’ I said.
He returned a tight smile. That night his legs
were amputated. Sadly, he died. Please remember
this man's tremendous courage, patience and will.
The ordinary people of this country, like him,
have written history in crimson-shed blood.
******