The Original Sex Pistol

Because Dr. Westheimer was short (1.40 metres tall), she was trained as a scout and sniper. She was seriously wounded in action by an exploding shell during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948 and was unable to walk for several months as a result of her injuries. Never having lost her sense of humor (or her skills) she once famously remarked: “I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded.”