RT by @NigelBiggar: On this Day (approx!) Lt Gen Horrocks was shot by a German aircraft at Bizerte harbour . The bullet went through his chest, lungs, stomach and intestines and exited out of his lower spine. Just over a year later he was GOC 30 Corps in N

On this Day (approx!) Lt Gen Horrocks was shot by a German aircraft at Bizerte harbour . The bullet went through his chest, lungs, stomach and intestines and exited out of his lower spine. Just over a year later he was GOC 30 Corps in Normandy. #Tunisia80 #DDay [IWM E16462]