Veteran Stories
Major (Ret’d) Chandra B. Gurung
We could run uphill, downhill, nice and easily, but running in the flat ground was difficult...
Major (Ret’d) Deb Bahadur Pun
They sent us, small group, to cross the Indonesian border by helicopter. There were four SAS British soldiers there and...
Major (Ret’d) Satya Bahadur Pun, MBE
When my father had been in the Indian army, he said while they were in India they did not learn...
Major (Ret’d) Udai Gurung, MBE
And in our days it wasn't very difficult to join because we didn't have to carry seventy five kilogram on...
Om Parsad Sherchan (Pun)
The biggest and happiest moment was when I got married in 1961. After marriage, I had to leave my wife...
Phakta Bahadur Pun
The Company Commander went to each individual soldier and gave encouragement, 'Don't be frightened, one day we will all die...
Phara Sing Pun
From the outside people perceive the Gurkhas to be so courageous and brave but the reality...
Rup Maya Pun
My grandmother came and explained, “You’ll have a good life.” So without seeing even his face...
Shiva Dhan Rai
The terrorists, who were Maoist people, they kidnapped me because I was one of the ex British Gurkha soldiers...