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."
HISTORY OF SARAWAK’S COMMUNIST INSURGENCY by James Ritchie in “Crimson Tide Over Borneo (2011)
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Two Sarawakians were the “key” figures who founded the Sarawak communist movement— Wen Min Chuan and Bong Kee Chok.
1962
June 27-The communists formed the Sarawak farmers association as the colonial police arrested and Bong and families were deported to China.
1963
August 2. Wen and Bong return to Pontianak and are warmly welcomed Indonesia’s General Harris Nasution
1964
August 18--After receiving combat training in Jakarta they return to Kalimantan to form the North Kalimantan National Liberation League (NKNLL) to unite all racial groups for a communist-controlled
“North Kalimantan People’s Republic” (NKPR).
However, on December 28,
the NKNLL was declared illegal by the Indonesian government.
The NKNLL was established shortly before the Malayan National Liberation League (MLLL) mission arrived in Jakarta; and almost coincided with the formation of the Malayan Patriotic Front (MPF) and the Thai Patriotic Front (TPF). All this, together with a marked resurgence of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front (SVNLF), represents regional communist strategy in South East Asia.
Thedestructive hand of Peking is thus clearly illustrated.” (White Paper:
The Communist Threat to Sarawak, 1966).
September—First groups of guerillas infiltrate into Lundu and recruit
scores of new cadres who go to Batu Hitam for training.
1964
August 18--After receiving combat training in Jakarta they return to Kalimantan to form the North Kalimantan National Liberation League (NKNLL) to unite all racial groups for a communist-controlled
“North Kalimantan People’s Republic” (NKPR).
