At the platoon level, in action and during rest, they were a cut above in general deportment from any soldiers I had seen. There's something we've lost in their mountain culture of tradition, education and common verities.
Here were elite infantry doing their job with quiet assurance, knowing their world reputation as top of their craft, without any of the hubristic, bad language and dirty talk that seems part of our culture at all ranks.
They spoke or understood English. They were like you and I as Baptist country boys at age 10 before pollution crept in. 1971 was at worst of the other war where soldiers fragged their leaders by the hundreds in Vietnam.
With the Gurkhas, I felt humble in the company of better men.
Real choir boys when they arent lopping off heads and laughing about it.
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Last Date (with your head)
https://youtu.be/GuniPtPWmCs
