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."
Indonesian Aggression from across the border for the month of July 1963
Sunday, February 11, 2007
3 July, 1963. A group of approximately four Indonesian terrorists clashed with security a patrol at Kandai. In this incident, one Indonesian terrorist was killed. Kandai is in Panchau area, near the Indonesian border. One shot gun and magazine were recovered. The terrorist who was killed was definitely not a Sarawakian. He was a stranger to the border area and possibly a Javanese.
4 July, 1963. A group of 25 armed men in jungle green uniforms surrounded and looted a long,house at Sungei Tapong, Ulu Undup in the second division of Sarawak close to the Indonesian border. The longhouse is approximately 30 minutes walking time from the border. A shotgun, rice and three fighting cocks were stolen.
5 July, 1963. An armed gang of at least 25 men dressed in jungle green and blue uniforms shot up a Dayak longhouse at Kampong Nibong about two miles from the lndonesian border in the first division of Sarawak. The Indonesian terrorists withdrew after about 20 minutes raid, leaving, behind several TNKU pamphlets. They withdrew taking with them five shotguns. One woman was killed in this raid.
6 July, 1963. A gang of 20 bandits ransacked a longhouse at Sungei Puting Lulu in Batu Lintang area of the Second Division. The village headman was abducted and his body found later when security forces ambushed four Indonesian terrorists, killing one and recovering arms which included a police rifle stolen during the Tebedu police station raid of April 12, 1963.
8 July, 1963. Two bandits in jungle green uniforms were intercepted near Kampong Silik close to the Indonesian border between Batu Lintang and Lubok Antu in the Second Division. One of the bandits was killed and was identified by his TNKU pass as Agus Salim, an Indonesian subject of Malay race, headmaster of a Catholic School at Sungei Ambawabg in Indonesia, opposite Batu Lintang in Sarawak. Salim had in his possession a rifle stolen in the Tebedu police station raid.
