7th Rangers: Malaysia Day 16th September 1963 - I remember it as the Indonesian Confrontation, the Reneging of the MA63 Agreement and the Formation of the Malaysian Rangers
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
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."
Malaysia Day 16th September 1963 - I remember it as the Indonesian Confrontation, the Reneging of the MA63 Agreement and the Formation of the Malaysian Rangers
Anti-Indonesian infiltration into Malaysia demonstration by a group of Malay women in 1965. The banner reads "Our womenfolk are ready to defend Malaysia. Long live Tunku! Destroy Sukarno!" Conveniently left out of our history books by Mamakthir
Kalabakan, the untold story...... There were two defensive positions at Kalabakan. On the bank of the river running into Cowie Harbour stood the police station, fortified with sandbags and barbed wire and manned by fifteen policemen. Four hundred yards away, a platoon and two sections of the Royal Malay Regiment, under their Company Commander occupied two huts.
Although trenches had been dug nearby, the huts themselves were not fortified in any way. After dark that evening, the unsuspecting Malay soldiers were engaged in domestic activities, washing and cleaning clothes and equipment. Their sentries were not alert.
At two o’clock in the morning Walker’s telephone rang and the duty officer at his headquarters told him that Kalabakan had been attacked and had fallen.
The attack had been launched just before eleven o’clock. An assault group had crept up to the Malays, flung grenades through the windows and opened automatic fire. Before the Malays could reach their weapons, eight had been killed, including the company commander, and nineteen wounded.
