April 25, 2024

Best pun this month, starts out like this: Cold Fury ? The Man Who Won?t Be Pope.

Hans Grapje was raised in a Catholic orphanage in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but was drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two years co-piloting B17s until his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and he lost his left arm. Captain Grapje spent the rest of the war as a chaplain, giving spiritual aid to soldiers, both Allied and enemy.

Go and read the whole thing, don’t skip to the end.