Comments by "Raven Aussie" (@ravenaussie3760) on "Absolute Mad Lads - The Nightmare POW, Charles Hazlitt Upham" video.

  1. Look up Sir. Adrian Carton de Wiart, you'll be shaken to the core.
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  2. Nice Watchmen reference at the end.
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  3. Can you do an Absolute Mad Lads episode on Sir. Adrian Carton de Wiart?
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  4.  @dantean  Finally, someone else mentions him.
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  5. Yeah, he's more like Deathstroke.
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  6.  @jordonus8018  You musn't have heard of Sir. Adrian Carton de Wiart.
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  7.  @jordonus8018  As from Wikipedia: "Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer born of Belgian and Irish parents. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, 'Frankly I had enjoyed the war.'"
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  8.  @jordonus8018  No problem, I've been suggesting to the count to do an episode on him for months and months, but he doesn't seem to even notice.
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  9.  @jordonus8018  Maybe....
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