The outbreak of the Second World War brought great harm to mankind. At the same time, it has also caused heavy losses to the armies of various countries. It is worth mentioning that in the cruel war, there will always be some accidents, and many soldiers have saved their lives on the battlefield for various reasons.
Paratroopers, generally speaking, are the elite of the armies of various countries, and they can avoid the enemy's blockade line on the ground by parachuting to the designated location, appear directly in the rear of the enemy army, and disrupt the enemy's position. However, there are always exceptions to everything, during World War II, when an American paratrooper was on a mission, because of the harsh environment at that time, the skydiving location was shifted, and it was directly hung on the spire of the church, so that he could save his life on the battlefield.
The paratrooper, named John Steele, was an ordinary soldier in the U.S. Army. In the early stages of World War II, the United States only wandered on the fringes of the battlefield and did not directly participate in the war, but in the late stage of World War II, Japan directly attacked Pearl Harbor in order to plunder strategic resources to the south, and completely pulled the United States into this war. The United States quickly gained superiority on the battlefield with advanced weapons and equipment. In 1944, the German army was already showing signs of defeat, and the U.S. army, in order to quickly defeat it, directly bombarded the German positions indiscriminately, and then sent paratroopers to conduct ground operations. John Steele was sent to war in this situation.?
Fortunately, because of the harsh weather at that time, John Steele's landing site was shifted, and it was eventually forced to land on the spire of a local church, causing John Steele to be hung on it.
At that time, the war situation was tense, so the German soldiers, after careful reconnaissance, soon discovered the presence of John Steele, the Germans fired several shots directly at him, thinking that they could successfully kill him, but the German soldier who fired the gun overestimated his own marksmanship, and the few shots fired at John Steele were almost all crooked. The worst shot just hit his foot, and then John Steele tilted his head and pretended to be dead to deceive the Germans.
This also led John Steele to finally escape safely back to the army, saying that it was difficult not to die, there must be a blessing, his legendary experience was quickly spread, the state also commended his wit, and the local people made a model for him to commemorate his combat survival experience, and hung it in the position where he landed before. Up to now, "John Steele" has been hanging there for 75 years.