One of my heroes is Captain John Weir Foote, regimental chaplain of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, who served in the Dieppe Raid in 1942.
According to the Wikipedia article:
"On August 19, 1942 at Dieppe, France, Captain Foote coolly and calmly during the eight hours of the battle walked about collecting the wounded. His gallant actions saved many lives and inspired those around him by his example. At the end of this gruelling time he climbed from the landing craft that was to have taken him to safety and deliberately walked into the German position in order to be taken prisoner so that he could be of help to those men who would be in captivity until May 5, 1945."
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