✩ Don't be fooled by the friendly smile!
British Gurkha Soldiers were tough little warriors from the mountains of Nepal. He is holding a tradtional kukri knife of the type they all carried...and would not hesitate to use on the enemy when engaged in close-quarters fighting!
Alongside him is his SMLE .303 Lee-Enfield rifle.
Italy - Late 1943 / Early 1944
Original caption by the late Ian Phillips
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer *
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