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."
Cross Border Raids By Indonesian Terrorists, Months Of May and June 1963
Saturday, February 10, 2007
17 May, 1963. A group of 13 Indonesian terrorists attacked two trading posts at Nanga San, near Lubok Antu in the second division of Sarawak when one Chinese trader was wounded in this attack. 3rd June, 1963. A group of 15 Indonesian terrorists attacked an Iban longhouse, a Rumah Mareniggar, near Lubok Antu in the second division of Sarawak. In this incident one Iban was wounded.
6 June, 1963. A group of eight Indonesian terrorists raided a village shop and a long house in Ensawang, near Lubok Antu, second division of Sarawak. One Iban was killed and one Security forces sergeant was wounded in this incident. The terrorists fled across the border into Indonesian territory. The pamphlets left behind were written in Iban and some of those read as follows :
(I) If there are any police around we will kill them but we will not harm the kampong people. (2) We will kill the penghulu of this area and his family; (3) We are the police of Party SUPP: (4) We, are against white men and will kill them; (5) We will liberate you from the white grip.
Signed: Durin Laling.
17 June, 1963. A party of 30 Indonesian border raiders crossed into Sarawak and surrounded a longhouse at Wang, Panjoi (near Lubok Antu), but dispersed when a Defencc aircraft flew over the area. From subsequent investigations, three of the raiders wcrc recognised as having come from Badau in West Kalimantan, which is a known base for border raiders.
29 June, 1963. About 15 Tentera National Kalimantan Utara bandits shot up the village of Panchau, a trading post in Lendu district, Sarawak, close to the Indonesian border. Three Sarawak Ibans were killed and two wounded, one seriously. TNKU pamphlets in Malay, English and Chinese were left behind by the raiders who withdrew towards Indonesian territory but taking with them a wireless set stolen from a village shop whose owner, an Iban named Bungsen was one of those killed.
Note: Panchau is three minutes walking time from the border. Bandits appeared to have come from Indonesia, down river behind a village and sweeping through it twice, doing as much killing as they could. Shots were fired and three grenades thrown. The primary object of this raid was political terrorism.
