december february canadian officer ice hockey player won gold medal winter olympics joined served world war shot second mission germany taken prisoner war viii tried unsuccessful escape attempts prior making occupied poland joining guerrilla rose ranks rebel force undertaking raids nazi occupation end conflict members receive actions award carried longest citation brooks returned canada way russia worked years selected join represented canada winter olympics captured gold medal ice hockey tournament series exhibition games europe returned canada entered military intelligence serving posts point retired administrative position died student named honour early life brooks born december alberta great depression family moved prairie provinces ottawa montreal received education french learned play ice hockey july applied join accepted august special reserve rank special reserve created onset world war section members terminated time force easily return pre conflict size end hostilities brooks trained october prior sent equipment depot serve guard undertook training phases country regina london toronto ontario finally rivers prior graduating august navigator bomb arriving britain end september sent following month trained february joined tactical fighter training squadron april second mission shot bombing raid landed near germany quickly taken prisoner war sent activities germany poland brooks arrived viii april switched identities new_zealand army private available placed work detail members air force permitted working parties june able escape coal mining work camp irish soldier fled occupied poland soon captured returned viii end month sentenced weeks solitary confinement retained secret identity september brooks work camp time escaped month men time making inside coal train prior recapture sent prisoner war camp near tried escape failed suffered severe beating hands germans sent viii weeks solitary confinement working truck saw mill slowly acquired maps europe surrounding region contact information having escaped twice transfer special punishment camp caught fled detention time scottish soldier duo eventually smuggled occupied poland contacted polish underground joined guerrilla movement posing polish working jam factory served patrols raided food convoys assassinated members period camp attacked december killed resistance members caused split group reduced force continued operations february retaliation raid police garrison lowered membership critical point march brooks unit grown men promoted charge band soldiers including duncan guerrilla activities expanded include larger raids attacks assassination important members nazi regime later earn helping lead men german safety single casualty way russian line january eventually transferred cairo finally london arrived march promoted rank warrant officer tenure prisoner war brooks informed arrival father died previous year returned canada june awarded actions conflict campaign achievement medals silver merit swords members receive world war primarily granted soldiers serving army units citation longest winter olympics eventually promoted brooks began working initiative locate individuals missing killed action world war hostile territory worked service nearly years november july search officer denmark norway section leader germany brooks colleague sailed fishing cape northerly coastal point mainland europe search missing airmen tenure met wife played ice hockey scandinavia selected member canada national delegation winter olympics squad known consisted entirely members team exhibition game defeat led calls squad scrapped replaced collegiate players subsequent loss army players added lineup time team set depart original eighteen members replaced brooks remained end canadians captured gold medal olympic tournament brooks remained reserve player time ice receive gold medal selected nation flag bearer opening ceremonies february day final finally afforded opportunity marry ceremony included canadian olympic gold medalist figure skating joined rest squad exhibition series europe winning thirty drawing games prior returning canada april brooks rest inducted canadian olympic hall fame later life following olympics brooks returned work field military intelligence posted stayed years heading paris france staff officer shape returned canada work station quebec fully bilingual officer served ottawa time sent assess severity quebec october crisis following retirement took position administrator eventually rising position housing director brooks died february heart attack sitting desk years later university named student residences honour
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