No one who has been touched by war has emerged from the experience unchanged. In the case of Adrian Carton de Wiart, who had participated in three major conflicts, war had a profoundly devastating impact. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. These injuries left him blind in one eye and he also lost his left hand. Yet, Wiart had a deep affection for war. Despite his disabilities, he repeatedly returned to the front lines and came back with more gashes and broken bones. He was also utterly, stubbornly unkillable. His resilience was nothing short of extraordinary, as he not only survived six decades of warfare but also two plane crashes, a stint in an Italian P.O.W. camp, and a broken back.
Portrait of Carton de Wiart by William Orpen. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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