The Man Who Spooked Nazis So Badly (in a Very Unexpected Way)

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In the pitch-black night of February 8, 1944, Sergeant Tommy Prince crept through the muddy Italian countryside. The scout of an elite commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade was on a daring mission to spy on German artillery positions near Littoria. His keen eyes, honed by years of hunting on the Indigenous reservation where he grew up, spotted an abandoned farmhouse just 200 yards from the enemy lines. Perfect.

Prince set up his observation post, painstakingly running 1,400 yards of telephone wire back to the Allied position. For 24 grueling hours, he watched, reporting every German movement. Allied artillery pounded the enemy positions based on his intel. Victory seemed within grasp.

All of a sudden, the wire went silent. The shelling had severed the line. This was serious. If he couldn't re-establish communication, the mission would fail; the lives of countless Allied soldiers were at risk. Yet if he went outside to fix the cable, he would be in plain view of the Germans and certainly shot within seconds.

Prince's mind raced. He needed a plan – fast. His heart pounding, he frantically searched the farmhouse for anything that could help him. There was nothing but a few farm tools and some old clothes. Prince began to accept the futility of his situation when suddenly, the seemingly useless objects around him inspired a dangerous idea. A moment later, he stepped into the open battlefield…




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