Anna Daniels
Before he was battling Klingons as Scotty, the chief engineer of the USS Enterprise, James Doohan was fighting Nazis in Europe during World War II. Despite his famous Scottish brogue, Doohan was actually Canadian, and when WWII broke out, he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery and was shipped to England in 1940. Doohan went years without seeing conflict, training for an eventual invasion of Europe. D-Day finally arrived on June 6, 1944, and Doohan was a key part of the Normandy invasion, single-handedly taking out two German snipers without getting scratched.
However, Doohan didn’t leave the war unscathed, as a Canadian soldier mistook him for a German and opened fire on Doohan with four shots to the legs, one in the chest, and one shooting off the middle finger of his right hand. Thankfully, the chest bullet was stopped by a cigarette case. After recovering from his injuries, Doohan became a pilot and earned a reputation as the “craziest pilot in the Canadian air force.” Following the war, Doohan had dreams of pursuing a technical or scientific career, but when he heard crappy voice acting on the radio, he figured he could do better, and thus a Star Trek icon was born.
Written by: Looper
