Hello Iron and Iron, World War II, as one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. The number of deaths is indescribable, but there are still some incredible stories about soldiers surviving in the end, and I've got two of them, put on your gold-rimmed glasses, and let's take a look.
One of them was Alan Magee, who was the bomber of a B-17 bomber. In 1943, while on a mission over France, his plane was hit by German anti-aircraft guns and began to fall. He tried to parachute, but the parachute was also damaged and could not be opened. Still, he decided to jump no matter what, hoping for a miracle.
He jumped from a plane at an altitude of 22,000 feet (6,705 meters) without a parachute, and after falling, his body crashed through the glass roof of the train station. Fell in the train station and is still alive. There are only a few fractures and glass cuts on the body. Subsequently, he was captured by the Germans, who said that he was still alive (shocked me for 800 years). They ** his wounds and sent him to a prisoner of war camp.
He was released in 1945 and returned to the United States, where he lived until his death in 2003 at the age of 84.
There is another person who may be luckier.
His name was Arleigh Steyr Urquhart, and he was a Scottish soldier in the Gordon Highland Legion.
In 1942, he was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and subsequently sent to work on Thailand's infamous Death Railway. He endured torture, starvation, disease and beatings for years. Later it was sent to a cargo ship, which was then hit by a torpedo from an American submarine. But he survived the sinking of the cargo ship and drifted in the sea with the body for 5 days. There are also sharks in the sea.
He was then rescued by a Japanese whaling ship and taken to Nagasaki, where he continued to be forced to work as a slave. By 1945, the United States had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Steyr survived the atomic bomb** in Nagasaki and was released shortly after.
He then returned to Scotland and lived until his death in 2016 at the age of 97.
Alistair wrote an autobiography, The Forgotten Highlanders, well worth reading, a story of amazing perseverance.