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Lt. James Doohan and the 80th Anniversary of D-Day (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I didn't see any one mention it here but today is the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy and what has become to be known as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.

James Doohan who famously played Scotty in The Original Series in the 1960s was a veteran of this famous battle. This was also the day he famously lost his finger which he always did his very best to hide from the camera.

Read about him at this webpage provided by the Juno Beach Centre.

https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/james-doohan/

For those who don't know Juno Beach refers to one of the five named beach areas of the D-Day landings. Juno Beach was the landing area for the Canadian Forces of which James Doohan was part. And also for those who don't know, James Doohan was a Canadian.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For those who like Trek Trivia ..... 80 years ago today, Scotty lost his right middle finger on a beach in Normandy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did... He find it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No .... but it also didn't seem to affect his ability to achieve Warp 9 in the Enterprise

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would the Enterprise have been able to reach Warp 10 if Scotty had all his fingers?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

He did help win a world war .... if he had all his digits, he would have become a threat to the Klingon Empire.