[Tripper]

Wars have made hero's out of people all around the world. Who is your nation's or hometown's war hero and what did he do....Post it here...

Here is NZ's war hero - Charles Upham

[img]http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/images/cu-portrait4.jpg[/img]

Winner of VC and BAR.

Highlights of his heroism:

[quote:3452d]His display of courage included destroying numerous enemy posts, rescuing a wounded man under fire and penetrating deep behind German lines, killing twenty-two German soldiers on the way to leading out an isolated platoon – all after being blown over by a mortar shell, painfully wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel and with a bullet in his foot.
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[quote:3452d]The incident that typified Upham’s deeds was when two German soldiers trapped him alone on the fringes of an olive grove. Upham (on his way to warning other troops that they were being cut off) was watched by his platoon, a helpless distance away on the other side of the clearing, as he was fired on by the German soldiers. With any movement potentially fatal, he feigned dead and with calculated coolness waited for the enemy soldiers to approach. With one arm lame in a sling, he used the crook of a tree to support his rifle and shoot the first assailant, reload with one hand, and shoot the second who was so close as to fall against the barrel of Upham’s rifle. [/quote:3452d]

[quote:3452d]Gallantry and Determination
Captain Upham's second citation was for his part in the July 1942 attack on Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, where the New Zealand Division was stranded when promised armoured support never came through. As the Allied forces struggled to hold the line, Upham led his company on what was described as a savage attack on German and Italian strongpoints. Upham himself was responsible for destroying a German tank and several guns and vehicles with hand grenades and, though he was shot through the elbow with a machine gun bullet and had his arm shattered, he went on again to a forward position and brought back some of his men who had become isolated.
He was removed to the regimental aid post, but immediately after his wounds had been dressed he returned to his men. He consolidated and held his position and despite exhaustion, loss of blood and further injuries (as a result of artillery and mortar fire that decimated most of his company) he stayed with the only six remaining members until, now unable to move, he was eventually overrun by the superior weight of the enemy forces and captured.


Typifying his character and nickname ‘Pug’, he attempted to escape numerous times before being branded "dangerous" by the Germans and incarcerated in the infamous prison fortress Colditz.[/quote:3452d]

Link here for more info:
[url:3452d]http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/upham.html[/url:3452d]


Post Away......

[11 Bravo]

Hell, just pick a Congessional Medal of Honor recipient and go. They're all great men.

[Tripper]

Originally Posted by PFC11B

Hell, just pick a Congessional Medal of Honor recipient and go. They're all great men.

Yeah, but the thing is, you gotta tell us the story.

Sure, the war was full of great men, but they're just a bunch of names until you hear their stories, so post away.

[Vance]

'Heros'? eek:

[Vance]

Ok anyways....

All the guys from the Alamo

[Wilko]

Sounds like a Champ, Tripper.

There was one guy i heard about, *Looking for an article on him now*, an Aussie in Gallipoli, i think, Ran to a Turkish Trench, Bayonetted about 3 or 4 of them, got shot in the arm, bayonetted another couple, then ran back to the ANZAC lines, and got a VC for it.

Warfare would be Bloody boring without the Ol' Aussies and Kiwi's cool:

[A HUNGRY FATMAN]

would the people who live in Hitlers home town call him a hero what about the people in germany do they have a home town hero even thou he was a nazi? (just things that I think about)

[Wilko]

LANCE-CORPORAL ALBERT JACKA, 14th Bn. (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force
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Campaign: Gallipoli, 1915, WW1
Age: 22
Nationality: Australian
Deed:On 19/20 May 1915, at "Courtney's Post", Gallipoli, Turkey, Lance-Corporal Jacka, while holding a portion of our trench with four other men, was heavily attacked. When all except himself were killed or wounded, and the trench was rushed and occupied by seven Turks, Lance-Corporal Jacka most gallantly attacked them single handed, killing the whole party, five by rifle and two with the bayonet.
Other Decorations: MC & Bar
Remarks: First Australian-born man to win VC while serving with Australian Army. Later achieved rank of Captain.

[Zoner]

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William Avery "Billy" Bishop, Canada

Billy Bishop was a young pilot in the First World War who was officially credited with 72 aerial victories. This made him the highest scoring ace in the British Empire. He went toe-to-toe with the infamous Manfred Von Richthofen - the Red Baron! - and came out of it with a draw.

He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his "Dawn Attack" on a German areodrome. The Victoria Cross is in recognition of most exceptional bravery displayed in presence of the enemy.



Zone

[LoneGunner87]

I dont have a picture but. Long live my Father Lonnie Green who fought in Desert Storm bck in 1990. cry:

[Innoxx]

I forget the name of this guy but his unit got all shot up and he was the only one that was able to fire. He was severly injured but held back an entire german advance in WW1, he got the VC for it and somewhere around 100 kills.

[redhawk_six]

Originally Posted by Innoxx

I forget the name of this guy but his unit got all shot up and he was the only one that was able to fire. He was severly injured but held back an entire german advance in WW1, he got the VC for it and somewhere around 100 kills.

I heard about him too, can't remember his name right now, but he used a Lewis Gun to hold back a German Assault on the Canadian lines.

[Innoxx]

Yep, that's the guy.

[pest]

Kind of an obvious one.....but how can you igore the most decorated man of WWII....

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2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.

pest beat me to it!