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."
2.SARAWAK RANGERS LOGO In IBAN: “Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban”
EVEN AS I STILL LIVE, I FIGHT!
3. Sarawak Border Scouts Logo:
Badge of Hornbill;
@BORDER SCOUT JINGLE by Major John Cross (still living in UK) which followed the lines of the SCARLET PIMPERNAL jingle went:
“He wanders here, he wanders there
The Hornbill wanders everywhere,
So seldom is, so often out
That dammed elusive Border Scout.
”STANDFIRST
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The 27-year Sarawak Communist insurgency between 1963 and 1990 took a heavy toll on the Civilian population which led to the disruption of lives of thousands and the killing and injuring of at least 300 members of the security forces in the State.
BRAVEHEART
SARAWAK’S Patriots, Warriors and Unsung Heroes is an attempt to remind Malaysia that the Sarawak army and Police constabulary in particular had sacrificed their lives to protect our country.
In the process some were given rewards for gallantry but were left with broken families
YET they were prepared to give their ultimate sacrifice. In the early 1800s Sarawak was just a small fiefdom ruled by the Sultan of Brunei. The local inhabitants were subservient to the Sultan but Viceroy Pengiran Mahkota of Brunei took advantage of their meekness.
Unfair taxes and subjugation by the Pengiran and his nobles led to a rebellion in 1837.
To solve the problem the Sultan sent his nephew Raja Muda Hassim, the heir-apparent of Brunei, and hoped for the best. But the situation was out of control as the local Sarawak Malay and the surrounding Malay fishermen, farmer and Dayak tribes
had enough of Mahkota’s tyranny.
