Sniper - The Life and Times of Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow
Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow, is listed as one of the ''Top Ten'' snipers of all time.
Serving in WWI, with the 1stCanadian Infantry Battalion. Pegahmagabow was awarded the ''Military Medal'', with two bars.
Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwa Indian of the First Nations Band of Parry Island (Wasauksing).
Known as the Life Long Warrior, Pegahmagabow, after returning from WWI, fought for First Nations rights.
378 Confirmed kills
300+ Captures
Three times awarded the military medal and twice seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with 378 German kills and capturing 300+ more. He was an Ojibwa warrior with the Canadians in battles like those at mount sorrel. As if killing nearly 400 Germans wasnt enough, he was also awarded medals for running messages through very heavy enemy fire, for directing a crucial relief effort when his commanding officer was incapacitated and for running through enemy fire to get more ammo when his unit was running low.
Though a hero among his fellow soldier, he was virtually forgotten once he returned home to Canada. Regardless he was one of the most affective snipers of world war 1.
More on Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pegahmagabow
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He truly was a, ''Life Long Warrior''...His bio during and after the war is amazing.
Plus he captured 300 Germans BF. A truly an amazing man.
A book was written about him a few years ago BF. It took the Canadian gov't until 2006 to acknowledge his exploits.
He was a very brave man!!!
Most WWI veterans were forgotten when they came home. Sad fact, but true.
Anyone that can survive the conditions of WWI had to have been special!
Thanks for writing this-- and don't worry about the link...
WWI was a mostly forgotten war.
This guy was amazing. A true warrior.
He never quit fighting. First in WWI, then for First Nations rights until the day that he died Dowser.
He was an amazing individual Grump. The conditions the faced in WWI, trench warfare and poison gas, is something that is amazing that any survived.
Good for him!
He was a very special man!
He truly was Dowser. We could use more like him.
Two books, ''Three Day Road'' was inspirited by Francis Paghmagabow. Another book, ''Pegahmagabow'' his story was published in 2009.