Veteran Stories
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Major (Ret’d) Chandra B. Gurung
We could run uphill, downhill, nice and easily, but running in the flat ground was difficult...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Om Parsad Sherchan (Pun)
The biggest and happiest moment was when I got married in 1961. After marriage, I had to leave my wife...
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Phakta Bahadur Pun
The Company Commander went to each individual soldier and gave encouragement, 'Don't be frightened, one day we will all die...
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Phara Sing Pun
From the outside people perceive the Gurkhas to be so courageous and brave but the reality...
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Rup Maya Pun
My grandmother came and explained, “You’ll have a good life.” So without seeing even his face...
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Shiva Dhan Rai
The terrorists, who were Maoist people, they kidnapped me because I was one of the ex British Gurkha soldiers...