Bill Speakman

Bill Speakman

During the Korean War, a British soldier named Bill Speakman led a series of grenade-hurling assaults against waves of Chinese soldiers attacking his post. When he ran out of grenades, he began hurling beer bottles, giving his unit enough time to retreat and stood his ground until he ran out of things to throw.

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