Willie’s the fucking Man – that’s who!
Corporal Willie Apiata. New Zealand’s first recipient of the Victoria Cross and our reluctant hero.
You can read more about how awesome Willie is on Wikipedia. Or chat with “Willie” on twitter
But for now, just look.
This is the original photograph of New Zealand SAS troops in Kabul (Afghanistan) by Philip Poupin :
And this is the best bit – and the man currently driving Kiwi women crazy all over the world – Corporal Willie Apiata VC :
It seems that Kiwi men are not backwards in coming forwards about Willie either.
To paraphrase Jay on the MrVintage blog – http://mrvintage.blogspot.com/2010/01/corporal-willie-apiata-vc.html:
“feel like way less of a man having seen that picture.
It’s a similar feeling I get after watching Man vs. Wild.
Bear Grylls is the man, and a far better man than I.”