Dimapur, November 3 (MExN): The 44 Assam Rifles, under the aegis of Headquarters 7 Sector, organised various functions to pay homage to veteran soldier and martyrs hailing from Mokokchung district during the last week of October. An AR press note informed that during the event Retired Havildar (General Duty) Merang Ao of Sungratsu village, a WW-II veteran was felicitated by Col B N Nayak SM, Commandant 44 AR, at his native village.
The 96 year old veteran who was enlisted in the 3rd Assam Rifles in 1941 as a sepoy in Mokokchung had actively taken part in the Burma campaign of the then British Indian Army,it said. The Ashoka Chakra awardee was the part of the 'Victoria Force' which marched till Irrawaddy River in Myanmar in 1942 and fought the Japanese forces along its banks.
The AR also paid homage to the martyrs hailing from the district in which honorary tributes were paid to Late Rifleman Chubatemsu of Mangkolemba Baptist Higher Secondary School; Late Rifleman Nokzar of Mayangnokcha Higher Secondary School; and Late Rifleman Martoba of Molungkimong Middle School in their respective schools. The parents of the martyrs, teachers and students also attended the ceremony, the press note added.
