Incredible Gurkha story

[WickedWillis]

With the talk in some threads calling into question the validity of some of our Military stories out there (Marcus Luttrell, Chris Kyle), and hearing some new takes and different angles on those stories, I stumbled across this today on Facebook. According to this story, Sergeant Dipprasad Pun of the 1st battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, held his post and fended off 30 Taliban soldiers. The article is pretty fantastic in my opinion, but if it's all legit, wow.

http://www.businessinsider.com/gurkha-dipprasad-pun-took-out-30-taliban-2016-5

[3 AE]

What incredible courage he displayed singlehandedly. His grandfather also set the bar pretty high during WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tul_Bahadur_Pun

Thanks for the post.

[platoonDaddy]

Both great stories! Pun is the kind of immigrant we need in America instead of a bunch of whatever looking for a free welfare ride.

[BuzzinSATX]

Excellent story! What an example of courage and tenacity! Only way it could have been more awesome is if he'd have taken out his khukri and lopped off a couple heads!

[Arik]

There was also a similar story of a Gurkha ww2 vet who held off a large contingent of Japanese troops by himself while heavily wounded from a grenade explosion.

Here it is. Kinda sounds like Firefly wrote it! ;)

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/gurung.html


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachhiman_Gurung
"Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung was manning the most forward post of his platoon which bore the brunt of an attack by at least 200 of the Japanese enemy. Twice he hurled back grenades which had fallen on his trench, but the third exploded in his right hand, blowing off his fingers, shattering his arm and severely wounding him in the face, body and right leg. His two comrades were also badly wounded but the rifleman, now alone and disregarding his wounds, loaded and fired his rifle with his left hand for four hours, calmly waiting for each attack which he met with fire at point blank range."


And a few more

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/g2173/10-amazing-gurkha-stories/
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[WickedWillis]

There was also a similar story of a Gurkha ww2 vet who held off a large contingent of Japanese troops by himself while heavily wounded from a grenade explosion.

Here it is. Kinda sounds like Firefly wrote it! ;)

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/gurung.html


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachhiman_Gurung
"Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung was manning the most forward post of his platoon which bore the brunt of an attack by at least 200 of the Japanese enemy. Twice he hurled back grenades which had fallen on his trench, but the third exploded in his right hand, blowing off his fingers, shattering his arm and severely wounding him in the face, body and right leg. His two comrades were also badly wounded but the rifleman, now alone and disregarding his wounds, loaded and fired his rifle with his left hand for four hours, calmly waiting for each attack which he met with fire at point blank range."


And a few more

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/g2173/10-amazing-gurkha-stories/
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Will_1400 who doesn't have enough posts to post in GD, sent me that badass of the week link last night. Such a fantastic article.