I read this today, I had no idea

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76 years ago today, June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.

I am even Canadian and I had no idea Doohan was born in Canada, I thought Shatner was the Canadian and Doohan was from Scotland. Also his military record is quite impressive. Anyone else know about this???

https://historycollection.co/from-killing-word not allowed-to-klingons-james-montgomery-doohan/

Edited June 7, 20205 yr by Matthew Kane

51 minutes ago, Matthew Kane said:

I read this today, I had no idea

I am even Canadian and I had no idea Doohan was born in Canada, I thought Shatner was the Canadian and Doohan was from Scotland. Also his military record is quite impressive. Anyone else know about this???

https://historycollection.co/from-killing-word not allowed-to-klingons-james-montgomery-doohan/

Yea remember reading about it quite a few years ago.  Missing a finger on his hand and they went to some pretty decent lengths to hide it cause I never noticed it.

Edited June 7, 20205 yr by thibodba57

Yup, I knew he was shot, apparently it was 'friendly fire' from a Canadian Bren. Flying fans might like to know Doohan flew spotter/liaison planes in WW2, since he was an artilleryman - Austers. Apparently he would indulge in a bit of barnstorming on occasion; it may be the case that 'ye canne change the laws of physics', but supposedly he had a good go at it in his little Auster if contemporary reports are to be believed.

Edited June 7, 20205 yr by Chock

Those of us who live in Greater Vancouver know that James Doohan was born here. I knew that he had been a soldier in WWII, but I didn't know that he participated in D-Day ... and I knew that he was missing a finger, but I didn't know that it was the result of friendly fire. Interesting.

10 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

I read this today, I had no idea

I am even Canadian and I had no idea Doohan was born in Canada, I thought Shatner was the Canadian and Doohan was from Scotland. Also his military record is quite impressive. Anyone else know about this???

https://historycollection.co/from-killing-word not allowed-to-klingons-james-montgomery-doohan/

Doohan was born in Vancouver, but his parents were both immigrants from Northern Ireland, The accent he used as “Scotty” was not his normal speech pattern, but he did say that he based it on his grandfather’s accent.

Even as a child, he developed a facility for doing all kinds of accents which served him well in his post-war acting career - he initially did a lot of work in radio before getting into motion pictures and television.

Yes. I'm Canadian too and only thought Shatner was the Canadian Star Trek connection. Good to get this interesting history guys!👍

Thanks for that Matthew.  Start Trek was a Saturday night favorite for my commanding officer and I in the Colorado Air Guard.  We would have dinner at a Vietnamese-Italian restaurant called Rosie's in Denver and then retire to his room at the BOQ with a bottle of The Glenlivit and watch the latest Star Trek episode, holding up our glass to Scotty when he saved the Enterprise from disaster.

Noel 

45 minutes ago, birdguy said:

Thanks for that Matthew.  Start Trek was a Saturday night favorite for my commanding officer and I in the Colorado Air Guard.  We would have dinner at a Vietnamese-Italian restaurant called Rosie's in Denver and then retire to his room at the BOQ with a bottle of The Glenlivit and watch the latest Star Trek episode, holding up our glass to Scotty when he saved the Enterprise from disaster.

Noel 

I grew up in the 70s when it was in syndication so we watched it after school. It was the perfect show for that time. We were the generation with lots of new immigrants coming into our schools and we didn't have words like Diversity or Inclusive or Integration like we use today, we had Star Trek 

It influenced acceptance as well as science and wonder, it was a beacon of hope for our future. 

16 hours ago, Chock said:

Yup, I knew he was shot, apparently it was 'friendly fire' from a Canadian Bren. Flying fans might like to know Doohan flew spotter/liaison planes in WW2, since he was an artilleryman - Austers. Apparently he would indulge in a bit of barnstorming on occasion; it may be the case that 'ye canne change the laws of physics', but supposedly he had a good go at it in his little Auster if contemporary reports are to be believed.

You are minefield of info, Alan. Kudos to you.

Aye, Captain. Here's to you Scotty 🍾 - beam me up!

3 hours ago, vc10man said:

You are minefield of info, Alan. Kudos to you.

A minefield? Best tread carefully then. 🤣

5 hours ago, Chock said:

A minefield? Best tread carefully then. 🤣

Funny that, when James M. Doohan was shot 6 times, he was in a tank minefield at that time, hunkered in

Just Saying 😎

That was a very interesting read about "Scotty."

Scrolling further down the page however yields a description of some of the weirdest "games" ever played.

The weirdest of which has to be Kudu Dung-Spitting, or Bokdrol Spoeg. One puts some Kudu dung in their mouth, and spits it as far as possible. The current world record spit of 15.56 meters is held by Shaun van Rensburg, who achieved the impressive feat in 2006.

IMHO, the runner-up for weirdest game has to be "Dwile Flonking".

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Alcohol has the capacity to make even the silliest of games a hell of a lot of fun. This includes chucking beer-soaked rags at your friends, otherwise known as Dwile Flonking.

As yet another example of silliness, how about Ferret-Legging? It was a competition to see who could keep the most ferrets down their trousers for the longest period of time. I'm not at all sure I'd be willing to risk the family jewels on this event! Just thinking of those needle sharp teeth as they try to chew their way out of ones trousers sends shivers down my spine.

27 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Family jewels

Family jewels---Man of the cloth---Vow of chastity? Try Weddin...No. Er, settle for 'Privates'  👍