Srinagar, Jun 15: Army’s Fire & Fury Corps Tuesday paid homage to the soldiers laying down their lives in the service of nation during an unprecedented Chinese aggression on this day last year.
Hailing the fallen soldiers as ‘Galwan Heroes’, an army spokesperson here said that ‘some twenty Indian soldiers laid their lives while defending our land and inflicted heavy casualties on the PLA.’
In a solemn ceremony, Major General Akash Kaushik, COS, Fire and Fury Corps, laid a wreath at the iconic War Memorial in Leh on the occasion.
“The nation will remain eternally grateful to these gallant soldiers who fought in the most difficult and high altitude terrain and made the supreme sacrifice in service of the nation”, he further said.
