Outnumbered but willing to fight on against communists

THEY were outnumbered three to one and the enemy was coming at them with heavy fire.

It was quick thinking that saved the lives of 22-year-old Second Lt Panirchellvum Velai­tham (pic) and his five men during a confrontation with communist insurgents in 1976.

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