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Old 24th January 2012, 11:29 AM   #34
Gavin Nugent
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Originally Posted by sirupate
I agree freebooter, but Spiral did misquote on post 6 of this thread, and has still failed to give an explanation?
Oh give it a rest...

My 2 cents about the whole subject has been expressed before and without quotes from books or generals or otherwise and that is I think it is folly to consider that no Gurkha at any time in any place in any conflict never carried a kukri other than the issued...it can never be proved one way or the other...I think it is safer to say the VAST majority towed the line and there could have been others who didn't for one reason or another....there is no absolute perfection where humans are concerned, no matter how noble ....this old chestnut has been flogged to death....

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