I don’t know much about this guy but from what I read, this dude is pretty fucking badass.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like you to meet Lachhiman Gurung, a badass Nepalese dude. Mr. Gurung was part of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. I had to do research but being a part of the Gurkha Rifles is pretty badass already. Their war cry is the Gurkhas are here. Anyone that announces that they are ready to fight right before a battle in war is pretty nuts.
Anyways on May 12, 1945, Mr. Gurung and his homeboys of the 8th Gurkha Rifles were defending a spot in Burma. All of a sudden they got ambushed by 200 or so Japanese soldiers. Historically, the Japanese were assholes all over Asia. This is where Mr. Gurung earned the title of the Most Badass Asian of all Time.
The Japanese soldiers started throwing a fuck load of grenades into the trenches that Mr. Gurung and his homies were in. I don’t know if its logical but it was logical for Mr. Gurung picked up the grenades that landed near him and threw em back at the Japanese. Its hot potato with crazier consequences. Well the third grenade he picked up actually blew up in his had. The Koreans have a term for when something like this happens. Its called jjohtdessuh or JDS for short. Basically it means you are royally fucked.
The explosion pretty much “blew off his fingers, shattering his arm and severely wounding him in the face, body and right leg.” Th dude was pretty much blind and crippled after this but Mr. Gurung was not gonna let these Japanese assholes have their way. Reports say that he pulled out his knife and jammed it into ground while he yelled “No one will pass her today!”
He then grabbed his gun and yelled “Now come and fight a Gurkha!” I mean even after getting the right side of his body blown off he had the testicular fortitude to yell out fucking awesome man quotes.
So with his off hand this dude started shooting oncoming Japanese soldiers for 4 hours straight. I can’t even jerk off with my off hand but this dude shot reloaded and shot for 4 hours straight. His strategy was simple. He would lay low in the trench and avoid getting shot. Generally that’s a good plan. Then he would wait for the soldiers to be close enough damn near right above him. He will them pop up with a rifle and yell Surprise ala Derek Zoolander and shot bastards in the face with his left hand. Then he would have to reload and shoot again with that left hand.
By the time the battle was over, Gurung was chilling there with 31 dead Japanese soldiers all around him. Gurung had to be hospitalized and treated for a major case of right arm and face being blown off syndrome.
He told his superiors that he would like to finish the war with his battalion. After the shit he just did, who would object. Finished the war with his folks and once the war was retired, he ended up in Britain.
He received the Victoria Cross, “the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.” Like most cases with medals like these, he was one of the very few people that received the award will still living.
For this I salute you Mr. Gurung. You are truly one of the most Badass Asians of our time.
