History: Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, who was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them, 1944. (Colorized) [591 × 726]

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