Badass: The Legend of Lofty Large

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The British Special Air Service, better known simply as the SAS has one of the toughest and most unforgiving selection processes of any military unit on Earth. With a washout rate of around 95%, depending on which source you consult, there are only a handful of individuals who can claim to have completed this fiendishly difficult course, and only one who can claim to have done it twice-once with a broken ankle. This is the story of Donald Large.

Sources:

http://sasspecialairservice.com/known-sas-men/donald-lofty-large/
http://www.hereford.co.uk/reviews/18/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OcSL8viStDgC&pg=PT86&lpg=PT86&dq=Lofty+Large+sas+selection&source=bl&ots=A9aq0PEJT8&sig=hDvNdnx_pbIvM5NR9bctEN0QTYg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIjd6DjdTSAhVIgJAKHd4BC744ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=Lofty%20Large%20sas%20selection&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4VObCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Lofty+Large+sas+selection&source=bl&ots=nKavlvqzR0&sig=DSpplkXQP_467oc12VW59aED-jo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIjd6DjdTSAhVIgJAKHd4BC744ChDoAQgeMAE#v=onepage&q=Lofty%20Large%20sas%20selection&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SK7RmPu5jHcC&pg=PT504&lpg=PT504&dq=lofty+large+donkey&source=bl&ots=K2vha_X0PV&sig=pNaUi4VvV42RXEQ3jm5Ivgqg3p4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja27XnntTSAhUFkpAKHVZQAtgQ6AEIZjAP#v=onepage&q=lofty%20large%20donkey&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzPBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&dq=Soldier+Against+The+Odds+lofty+large&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3zZitodTSAhWJQZAKHWYbDvwQ6AEIRjAH#v=onepage&q=Soldier%20Against%20The%20Odds%20lofty%20large&f=false
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1067833/soldier-against-the-odds/#XKxPHt405YLzPou7.99
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofty_Large

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