Top bravery award for Gurkha's solitary stand against Taliban attack 25.03.11

A Gurkha soldier who single-handedly held off an attack on his base as Tailban insurgents tried to overrun it is receiving the second highest medal for bravery today. After exhausting all his ammunition - including grenades and a mine - Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun still fought on using the tripod of his machine gun to repel the militants. He says he's a "a very lucky guy" and is proud to be given the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. The incident happened while he was alone on the roof on sentry duty at a checkpoint near Babaji, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, on 17 September last year. He spent more than 15 minutes fighting an onslaught from rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s, firing 400 rounds, launching 17 grenades and detonating one mine. The Gurkha is one of 136 servicemen and women - most from 4 Mechanised Brigade's tour of Helmand last summer - who are being honoured, four posthumously.

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[emwinslimshady]

he is awsome! gurkhas are awsome at firefight !

[dudeyfeb88coach]

sure CAMMORON will salute them as he fires them

[meakiyama]

@MrEvelDoer Or the other way around....

[sumi9151]

proud to be gorkha jai nepal

[ROCCKKEER]

really salute u for ur bravery,,,,,n raising our community's name in the top

[MrEvelDoer]

Gurkhas watch a lot of Chuck Norris movies.

[domovlostar]

jai ma karli, aayo gurkhal ! (Suk Bahadur Rai ) One of the gurkha in burma who also break the record, One gurkha against 280 white chinese troops . he also awarded top bravery award name as AUNG SAN TU RI YA BWE , there are only seven people have achieve this award all around the country . . im proud to be a gurkha..

[ajgurung7]

wow hes brave

[ziccorays]

Heartily Salute you....Gorkhali ko sir thado parekoo ma.....

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@funkyfenman Duh means didley squat . Means that team usa were doing more real combat fighting compared to the smaller Brit troops . Oh god bless republicanism