Scots Wha Hae...


Scots Wha Hae...

The antithesis of a REMF.

Originally shared by Susan Jahn

@zulufucxs - Don’t be fooled, at times being a true bad ass doesn’t require a weapon or a high kill ratio. Take for example this man. His name is Bill Millin aka Piper Bill. At the outbreak of WW2, Bill joined the British Army and became the personal bag piper for Simon Fraser (another bad ass), commander of the 1 Special Service Brigade (a team full of bad asses). Now, bagpipers were restricted to rear areas and Fraser didn’t agree: “Ah, but that’s the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn’t apply” So, next thing you know, Bill is at shore on Sword beach during the Normandy landings. Once on the beach, Millin calmly walked up and down at the water's edge, playing while carnage exploded and people died all around him. Song requests were being made during the beach assault and Bill obliged. After the beach was secured, Fraser once again ordered Millin to play for the commandos inland so they could assault even more German positions to the sound of the pipes. With other soldiers frantically gesturing at him to find some cover and just really having a war all over the place, Millin simply didn't give a fuck and continued playing "Blue Bonnets Over the Border." Millin later talked to some of the Germans who had been captured to ask why they never shot him, and discovered it was because they thought he had gone mad. Millin survived the war and lived to be 88. “It was the greatest damn gig I ever did” – Piper Bill"
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  1. Tim O'BrienDecember 5, 2016 at 9:25 AM

    I can't believe the Geneva conventions banned chemical weapons but did nothing to address bagpipes.

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  2. Timothy StreetDecember 5, 2016 at 9:30 AM

    I believe I saw him in The Longest Day . . . .

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  3. Sushama KarnikDecember 5, 2016 at 9:36 AM

    I must see The Longest Day again

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