Born in a tiny Nepal village in 1921, Bhanbhagta Gurung joined the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Gurkhas in 1940 and first saw action in Burma against the Japanese in 1942; under the command of Brigadier Orde Wingate (a man credited as a founder of modern guerrilla warfare.) On March 4, 1945, as part of a British advance on the Japanese, Gurung’s unit was ordered to take a fortified hill, but were pinned by machine guns, mortars and grenades. When an enemy sniper took advantage of their vulnerable position,Gurung leapt to action, stood up and killed the sniper with his rifle.
When met with further resistance near the top of the hill, Gurung once again sprang to action, neutralizing the first foxhole with two grenades, the second foxhole with his bayonet, and the third and fourth with a combination of the two. Gurung was subjected to almost continuous and point-blank light machine gun fire while taking out these positions.
With no fucks to spare, Gurung attacked a bunker, again alone, this time jumping onto its roof, tossing smoke grenades inside, and killing two fleeing Japanese with his Kukri machete. Gurung then crept inside the bunker and, confined by the tight space, killed the remaining Japanese soldier with a rock, capturing the gun and helping to hold off a swift counterattack.
For his actions, Cpl. Gurung was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Despite praise from his comrades, he retired from the military after the war to care for his wife and family, and died in Nepal in 2008, an 86-year-old man. #zerofucks #nofucks #stayzero #military #ww2 #greatestgeneration #hero