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Arnhem V-sign vet dies at 97
which hung in his front room. “It was an
iconic image because it summed up
exactly what men like him felt,” he said.
Lt Reynolds, who lied about his age to
join the Army aged 17, spent the rest of
the war at a PoW camp in Germany.
He later married Eulalie Willcocks,
the sister of his commanding officer.
The couple lived in Pulborough, West
Sussex. His wife died 13 years ago.
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@StephenWhite278seemed totally justifiable. I was so angry
at the loss of fine young men.”
Historian Steve Penticost, who
interviewed Lt Reynolds for a book, paid
tribute to his “indomitable spirit”.
He said the modest veteran, who won
the Military Cross, “didn’t have any
truck” with being called a hero but was
“very proud” of the picture, a copy ofSeptember 1944, in the doomed
Operation Market Garden.
As they were marched away,
Lt Reynolds spotted a grinning
cameraman taking pictures.
He said: “I thought, ‘What a
b*****d’ and gave the V-sign.
“It was an act of defiance but
a lapse of discipline, whichBrit PoW Jack’s famed act of defiance
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A WAR hero famously photographed
flicking a V-sign at his Nazi captors
75 years ago has died aged 97.
Lt Jack Reynolds’ defiance at the
Battle of Arnhem became an iconic
image of the Second World War.
The 1st Airborne Division
officer and his men were taken
prisoner days after 10,000 British
troops landed in Holland in
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