Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Battle At Muara Tebas - 2Lt Baharin Abd Jalil - PGB & Rgr Lan ak Gima - PGB
Friday, November 04, 2005
After giving these instructions he laid the butt of his sterling sub-machine gun on his stomach, with his barrel level to the ground. As the enemy turned around and exposed themselves. He let them have it. He swung the barrel of his machine gun from left to right. The contact occured at GR 506807 at around 1000 hours on the 17th March 1971. After emptying one magazine, he stepped into cover to reload, it was Rgr Lan's turn to open up with his HBSLR. He quickly changed his magazine whilst Rgr Lan was firing and started yelling, "Charge !! Charge !! Charge !!". Both of them assaulted the enemy position with the 2Lt assaulting on the left of the enemy position with Rgr Lan on the right. He ordered this attack as he was too close to the enemy, an this was an opportunity which was advantageous to him and Lan. The enemy was shocked and surprised when they saw the Rangers charging down on them. Some ran for their lives, others who were slow died, killed by the formidable duo. After the shooting stopped they lay quietly to see if any of the enemy was still moving.
Left : The HBSLR
There was no returning fire from the enemy. Seeing that no more of the enemy was left standing, he ordered Rgr Lan to cover him whilst he conducted the search. He cleared one dead enemy after another. As he was counting the enemy dead bodies, he saw an enemy in the prone position, thinking in his heart,"This one is dead". The enemy in the prone position suddenly, moved, to the kneeling position and lifted up both his arms. Maybe he was asking for mercy, 2Lt Baharin, who was by now very excited and nervous, fearing for his life and that of Rgr Lan, kicked him, sending him sprawling, the enemy got up again and lifted his arms, he opened up with his sterling sub-machine gun emptying the magazine into the enemy. The enemy lay dead at his feet. He remembered the Katibas Ambush, where the people he knew were killed. It's hair trigger reaction in battle, kill or be killed. Continued here....
