Scottish D-Day Piper, Dies at 88
 

Ah, The skirl of the pipes has caused many a young man to gamble on fortunes fate
RIP Private Bill Mullin.
slàn leat - "...The flowers of the forest are a' wede away...."
SnT

“After wading ashore in waist-high water that he said caused his kilt to float, Private Millin reached the beach, then marched up and down, unarmed, playing the tunes Lord Lovat had requested, including “Highland Laddie” and “Road to the Isles.””
“A far crooning is pulling me awa”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/wo...o_interstitial

Bill Millen and Lord Lovat in The Longest Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrUs5AfrNjc

That was a great movie,so many great scenes and dialog,especially those one liners that made you laugh from both sides!............. ;) RIP Piper......... :(

Big Teddy :munchin

Must've been a rebellion - an old Scots adage states that all it takes to have a rebellion is 12 Scots and a piper. ;)

He said he found out later, after meeting Germans who had manned guns above the beach, that they didn’t shoot him “because they thought I was crazy.” ;)

RIP, Piper Bill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Millin

Richard

If I'm not mistaken, playing the bagpipes during battle is something of a tradition in Scottish culture that goes back a long way. You kind of wonder how many people could have heard him during all of the shooting, artillery, etc.

Must have been quite a sight though.