Gurkhas are tough fighters. I don't remember where I read it; it was probably close to 50 years ago, an account of the Gurkhas fighting in the jungles of Burma during WWII, the Gurkhas would go out at night on patrol (by themselves) and when they spotted someone in the dark environment they would sneak up behind them and run their hands over the front of the unidentified soldiers boots. If the boots had boot laces (Allied soldiers all wore boots with laces), the Gurkha would fade away with that particular soldier never being aware of the presence of a deadly threat. If on the other hand, the Gurkha felt smooth leather (the Japanese wore laceless boots), the Gurkha would quickly rise up and lop off the soldiers head with their Kukri.

The point is; Gurkhas are really tough soldiers and always have been.

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Dave Brown
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