Date of Event:
Dec 23, 2024
Sydney Schanberg, who covered 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War for The New York Times, wrote this about the Indian Army: âI donât like sitting around praising armies. I donât like armies because armies mean wars. But this (Indian) army was something. They were great all the way. _There never was a black mark ⊠I lived with the officers, and I walked and rode with the jawans. They were all great. But I never saw a man flinch because he was scared. There was a tremendous spirit in the Indian Army, and it did one good to experience it. _âI have seen our boys [US Army] in Vietnamâand this army was different. Their arms and equipment arenât as good-but what they had were used with effect and boy! could they improvise. I saw heavy recoilless guns carried on shoulders, big guns pushed across marshes like ox-carts, by jawans, villagers, officers, everybody was in it together, and they were perfect gentlemen. I never saw them do a thing wrong, not even when they saw just how bestial the enemy had been.â
Cheers, Doc