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D-Day. June 6, 1944. Sword Beach. Bill Millin walked the beach. Unarmed. Playing bagpipes. For hours. Men dying around him. Bullets everywhere. He survived. Why? German prisoners explained: "We thought he was insane. We didn't waste bullets on a crazy man." Bill was 21. From Glasgow. Lord Lovat ordered: "Play the pipes, Bill." British Army had ...
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