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27 January 2002's honorary unsubscribe went to Harold Russell. During World War II -- on D-Day -- Russell was training soldiers in the use of explosives when a defective fuse set off the explosives he was holding, leading to the amputation of both his hands. He didn't quit the Army, however: an actor, he appeared in an Army documentary, Diary of a Sergeant, about the rehabilitation of an amputee. Director William Wyler saw that film, and asked Russell to appear in his film The Best Years of Our Lives. Russell won two Academy Awards for work in the movie, about adjusting to civilian life after the war: one for best supporting actor and one for "bringing aid and comfort to disabled veterans through the medium of motion pictures." The film also won Oscars for best picture (1946), best director, best actor for (Frederic March), best screenplay, best music and best editing. "Wyler told me I should go back to college, because there wasn't much call for a guy with no hands in the motion picture industry," Russell once said, so he did, getting a business degree. He also wrote his autobiography, "Victory in My Hands", but he also continued to act on occasion. In 1964, he was named chairman of the President's Committee on Hiring the Handicapped. Russell died January 29 from a heart attack. He was 88.