A hero of the battle of Arnhem who was shot and captured, only to escape a prisoner of war camp and discover a secret German weapons test has died at the age of 98. He trained in Cairo and in 1994 was dropped into the Netherlands at the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden. He was captured just a short while after trying to land, as a German sniper shot home in the buttocks during descent. It was then his remarkable time in the military began, managing to escape, discover a top secret German experiment, only to be captured again and nearly killed by Russian women. Battle of Arnhem paratrooper veteran John Jeffries died on August 30 at the age of 98.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 10, 2020 16:13 UTC