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TIL About John Weir Foote a Canadian Army Chaplain from World War II who became the only Canadian Chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid. Among his actions were loading wounded onto evacuating craft and staying behind to aid those who could not be moved.

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