This Nepalese Gurkha warrior did what no man had ever done before, four times, without a gun.
On March 5th, 1945, at Snowdon-East, near Tamandu, Burma, Gurung and his unit were ambushed by Japanese forces.
They got pinned down by an enemy and were getting picked off one by one. Gurung decidedly stood up completely, despite being pelted by heavy fire, aimed his rifle, and fired once, killing the sniper, despite having no scope and having to account for the distance between them.
Gurung's unit advanced and came under fire once more. Acting quickly, and without orders, Gurung sprinted towards the nearest enemy foxhole.
He tossed two grenades in, killing the two occupants that sat in the foxhole. After the enemies were slain, Gurung was forced to lay down in the bloody foxhole to avoid overhead fire from Japanese machine gun fire.
Gurung had dropped his gun, but he was able to pull off the bayonet prior to losing it. He moved through another enemy foxhole, killing the occupants with his detached bayonet knife.
He repeated this process, throwing two grenades into one foxhole, and diving into the next with his bayonet. He had cleared four foxholes, killed at least eight men, and marched forward without so much as being scratched by the opposition.
Gurung left his position in the fourth foxhole and lept onto the roof of a subterranean machine gun hole. He ran out of frag grenades, so he tossed two smoke grenades into the bunker slit and waited for the Japanese soldiers to evacuate. He killed two men who left through the entrance of the bunker, and he killed another who had yet to leave.
Gurung received a Victoria Cross for his bravery in battle.