As well as some insight into Tim’s Killer, Vince. (aged 22) Portage la Prairie, Portage la Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, Canada. So, please listen with caution! Join us as Rae tells us the horrifically grotesque story of a young man who lost his life in the most unimaginable of ways. Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. We give a warning with listening to this one you guys. With the other passengers witnessing the horrific act. Vince stabbed, decapitated, dismembered, and cannibalized Tim on this bus. At around 8:30pm, one of the 37 passengers on the same bus as Tim, a man named Vince Li, savagely attacked Tim. Sadly, Tim would never make it home to his loved ones. Tim had recently gotten a job as a traveling carnival barker, and on this specific bus trip, he was returning home to spend some time with his family. They then walked off the battlefield and out of the war.In the evening hours of July 30th, 2008, a 22 year old Canadian man named Tim McLean was riding a Greyhound Canada Bus along the trans-Canada highway. George used his pistol and grenades to dispose of this threat while coping with his wounds and watching the prisoners. Then, he was attacked by some men trying to get a machine gun into operation that would have fired on many more men. Asset types include office, retail and multi-family ranging from value-add to core. He used the pistol to escort the 19 prisoners back when he was shot through the left wrist and forearm by another shooter somewhere. Asset management and acquisition responsibilities. That is probably why George didn’t have a rifle and bayonet with him, just grenades. In January, George had broken his right collar bone in a fall in the trenches, but he didn’t report it or get first aid but stayed on duty as it healed painfully on its own, as his medical records show. It certainly helped that the Sergeant-Major spoke English well, having lived in America and been conscripted when caught up by events while visiting Germany. Still, after surviving grenade blasts in a tight space and other horrors, many would be willing to end their war as a prisoner. Of course, some prisoners might change their minds when they see just one man with a pistol and the tempting presence of weapons nearby. This was an example of the ritual of surrendering, of submission, offering trophies like medals and watches, showing pictures of family, anything to show humanity and humility in the hope that the captor will spare their lives. When asked how many Canadian troops were with George, he said, “150 men.” The German ordered his men to surrender and gave George his pistol when he led his men into captivity. When he paused to assess the destruction, the Sergeant-Major in command of the Germans called out in English, “Do not throw the bomb.” Diagram from the Illustrated War News magazine 2 Cutaway of a ‘Mills bomb’ hand grenade 3 George threw several hand grenades, called Mills bombs, into the opening of the dugout, causing chaos in the tight space below. When called to surrender, the other man was shot dead. Tim Stevens Trio, Sandy Evans GEST8, Mark Isaacs Trio, Judy. Tim Cook describes the options very well in “ The Politics of Surrender: Canadian Soldiers and the Killing of Prisoners in the Great War.” 1 Private George MacLean was going forward again after taking a wounded officer back to the Regimental Aid Post when he and another man found a large group of Germans in a large dugout. Barker, S., Kaiser, H., Laswell, B., Mahanthappa, R. Individual soldiers might encounter a large group of enemy that may, or may not, wish to fight for the Kaiser. 172nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Rocky Mountain Rangers) cap badge 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Kootenay) cap badge Sometimes, the enemy would fire their rifles and then hide or operate salvaged machine guns against Canadian troops in the open. For the men of the 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Kootenay), this meant ‘consolidation’ of their captured areas for defence against inevitable counter-attack and ‘mopping up’ by hand grenade and bayonet of enemy troops in underground dugouts. As the Canadians advanced into the German trench works on Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, the hundreds of metres between the old and new frontline were occupied by parties gathering the wounded, reinforcements moving forward, and other soldiers searching for the enemy amongst the debris of battle such as rifles, machine guns, bags of grenades, ammunition, and much more.
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