Respect- Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers, in the early morning hours of July 4, 1999 was part of the commando Ghatak platoon tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on Tiger Hill. The approach was a vertical cliff face, snowbound at 16,500 feet. Grenadier Yadav, who volunteered to lead the assault, was climbing the cliff face and fixing the ropes for further assault on the feature. Half-way up, an enemy bunker opened up machine gun fire and rocket fire. His Platoon Commander and two others fell to the heavy volume of automatic fire. Realizing the enormity of the situation, he continued to scale the sheer cliff face alone through a volley of fire. In spite of having been hit by three bullets in his groin and shoulder, he climbed the remaining 60 feet and reached the top. He crawled up to the bunker critically injured and lobbed a grenade killing four Pakistani soldiers and neutralizing enemy fire. This act was directly instrumental in facilitating the rest of the platoon in climbing up the cliff face. Grievously injured but with reckless disregard to personal safety, Grenadier Yadav now charged on to the second bunker and neutralized it with two of his colleagues in fierce hand-to- hand combat, killing three Pakistani soldiers. This extraordinarily act motivated the rest of the platoon who quickly traversed the treacherous terrain and, braving hostile fire, charged on to the enemy to capture Tiger Hill, a vital and strategic objective. For his sustained display of bravery, Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, Indias highest medal for gallantry. t present Sanjay Kumar and Captain Bana Singh are the other two living warriors in the country who got Param Vir Chakra, including Mr.Yadav.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:37:46 +0000
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