The Forgotten Soldiers ; Black and Asian Servicemen Are Perhaps Among the Most Forgotten of Soldiers From the Second World War. Now a Push Is Being Made to Encourage Those Who Served in the Armed Forces in World War Ii and Since to Take Part in Remembrance Services. Kirsty Green Reports.

Derby Evening Telegraph › September 03, 2008

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Black and Asian servicemen are perhaps among the most forgotten of soldiers from the Second World War. Now a push is being made to encourage those who served in the armed forces in World War II and since to take part in remembrance services. Kirsty Green reports.

With three comrades creeping silently behind him, Captain Fazal Dad Khan cut through the Burmese jungle towards a Japanese outpost during the Second World War.

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The Forgotten Soldiers ; Black and Asian Servicemen Are Perhaps Among the Most Forgotten of Soldiers From the Second World War. Now a Push Is Being Made to Encourage Those Who Served in the Armed Forces in World War Ii and Since to Take Part in Remembrance Services. Kirsty Green Reports.

As a forward observation officer in the 20th Indian Division, it was Capt Khan's job to scout ahead of his regiment and find targets for the artillery, radioing instructions back to them.

But on this occ...

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