[–] LostUnderTheMountain 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Man must have been batshit crazy to do some of those things. No wonder he earned the nickname "devils brigade" for his unit.
[–] cactus_fantastico 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
He was thus able to quietly creep into the enemy camp, and sometimes he would do crazy things like stealing the German`s shoes. Other times he would go with a few of his colleagues, and they would apply shoe polish on their faces, then creep into the German station at night and slit the throat of every third German soldier when they were sleeping. In the morning, the Germans would wake up to find their colleagues dead, plus missing shoes and this would totally freak them out.
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slit the throat of every third German soldier when they were sleeping
Well that turned rather grim
[–] ScottRockview 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
His life did not end well:
"In June 1955, Tommy Prince made the news for his heroism in saving a man from drowning at the Alexander Docks in Winnipeg. But his personal life kept deteriorating and alcoholism overtook him resulting in his final years being spent virtually alone, living in a Salvation Army hostel. In order to support himself, he sold off his medals.
Prince died at the Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg in 1977 and was interred in the Brookside Cemetery."