“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 anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man." “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Incident :Whilst on Operation gonzales on the 22 April 1974, whilst acting as the Platoon commander of No.7 Platoon ambushed and killed 5 of the enemy.
Location : Tanjong Malim, Perak
Award : Mentioned in Despatches ( Pingat Kepujian Perutusan Keberanian)
2. 930623 Cpl Ahmad bin Husain
Incident : Whilst on Ops Sedar 111 on the 21st Oct 1975, whilst being section commander of No.1 Section of Platoon 8, killed two of the enemy form an ambush position.
Location : Dublin estate, Kedah
Award : Mentioned in Despatches ( Pingat Kepujian Perutusan Keberanian)
Question time;Why for contacts resulting in satisfactory enemy tally,our combatants were awarded less 'glamorous' medals of valour? Can somebody please enlighten me on this matter,thank you.
Question time;Why for contacts resulting in satisfactory enemy tally,our combatants were awarded less 'glamorous' medals of valour? Can somebody please enlighten me on this matter,thank you.