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" ā€œWhen you're left wounded on
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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 soldierā€
General Douglas MacArthur

" ā€œWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā€

ā€œIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā€
ā€œOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
ā€œThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,
for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā€
ā€œMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā€
ā€œThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

ā€œNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
ā€œIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
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"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
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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.
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You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
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Death Of A Tracker Dog
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Army Combat Training Center

The operation lasted for around five weeks, there were many firefights. One of my Squadron booby traps clearing team leaderā€™s by the name of Corporal Adnan was wounded in a booby trap clearing incident.

This happened as the brass came to visit a captured enemy camp, which even had an underground shooting range. The Generals had just landed by helicopter, once the booby trap exploded, they took off. Of course they had to evacuate Corporal Adnan too. The results of that operation were twenty-seven communist terrorists were killed, no casualties were inflicted on the security forces with the exception of the war dog, a Labrador named Ben.

The dogā€™s handler was Ranger Nathan, an Indian, from the Rangers Corps, originally from Ipoh. He was with the combat Tracker Team based at the Army Combat Training Centre in Ulu Tiram, Johore, originally set up by the British Forces, almost all dog handlers are Non Muslims in the Malaysian Armed Forces. He also happened to be a classmate of Major Len Olivero, former Malaysian hockey player,

He was attached to the Special Forces (Commandos) team, they were tracking the enemy, when Ben, the tracker dog detected the enemy, the Communist Terrorists opened fire, in the ensuing firefight, 3 of the enemy were killed. Ben was hit, managed to pull itself to Nathan, placing itā€™s paws on Nathan, looking up at him and breathed itā€™s last. Nathan just hugged Ben and stayed still as the firefight continued. Messages were sent to the Army Combat Training Centre, that Ben was killed.

Some how or rather there was a mix up, Ben the dog was evacuated along with Nathan back to Ulu Tiram. The whole of the Army Combat Training Centre stood down to honour the dead. As the helicopter was landing, all the Officers and soldiers, led by the Commandant raised their hands to salute the ā€œdeadā€. They lifted the dog out, quickly followed by Nathan, who returned the salute very smartly. The moment the Commandant saw Nathan he quickly muttered something to the Adjutant and everyone dispersed.

The message was misunderstood, they thought that Nathan was the one who fell in the firefight. Meanwhile, the message that Nathan was killed reached his sisterā€™s house in Ulu Tiram and his mother in Kuala Lumpur. The sister and his brother in law had funeral arrangements already made. Nathan knew there was a blunder, not realizing that he was ā€œdeadā€! After clearing his weapon and ammo, and the dog Ben, he clambered aboard the 3 ton truck for a lift to his sisterā€™s house, where normally he spends his off days.

He reached his sisterā€™s house, the first person to see him was his brother in law. His bother in law fainted on seeing him. He attended to his brother in law and went into the house, where he saw traditional Indian oil lamps lit for a Hindu funeral. Mourning soon changed to joy. His mum had the good sense to telephone the house half way to Ulu Tiram. When she got the message that Nathan was alive and well, she turned around and went back to Kuala Lumpur. Whenever we meet up, we used to laugh about this unforgettable incident.

There was also excitement, an underground shooting range was discovered by members of my squadron, a first, as no one had ever come across one like that. The bad news was that one of the leaders of a booby trap clearing team got blown up, not critically injured. My unit moved in to the area to start dismantling all the equipment, the whole area was inventoried and cleared under less than five hours.

The operation ended, we were told that there that the area of operation and the infrastructure used by the communists had been neutralized.

The whole area where we were, was then policed for garbage and litter, the officers will ensure nothing is left except our foot prints and tyre marks. We were soon back in Taiping.
posted by Major D Swami (Retired) @ 3:56 PM  
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