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company commander at the time penned down in this diary "Water was short and restricted to about one pint per man per day Air supply was the key, but the steep terrain and narrow ridges meant that some of the drops went to the Japs". The
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did not remove his name from the rations roster and the company continued to draw rations in
Badluram's name. (Some say the Quartermaster purposely did not report Badluram's death while others say he forgot to. The wireless also would give a lot of problems.) But by 6 April, the Japanese troops of
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