Ernest Hemingway lived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin
cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a
ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, and a
fractured skull. During WW2, Hemingway led a small Militia in a village outside
Paris and this caused him to be brought up on formal charges for violating the
Geneva Convention “because a correspondent is not supposed to lead troops, even
if he does it well.”
