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TIL that Danish special forces operative Helge Mayer transported vital humanitarian aid to civilians for years during the Bosnian War in an armoured 1979 Camero with Kevlar Plates. He earned the nickname Gottes Rambo (God's Rambo) for extreme bravery without a weapon.

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