Lt Augusto Maria Xavier USMC A Hero’s Tale Retold A decorated Macanese hero of the Vietnam war. by Armando (Pinky) da Silva Lt Augusto “Gussie” Xavier USMC lost his life in Vietnam in March 1966 leading a flight of four A-4 Skyhawk fighter-bombers while assisting a beleaguered US Special Forces (“Green Berets”) base camp. He was […]
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Minchi: An Odyssey by Armando (Pinky) da Silva (An edited version of an article originally published in the UMA Newsletter) The odyssey of minchi starts with Kheema, the term used by many Indians for finely minced meat usually of goat and lamb. When Portuguese seafarers arrived in India in 1498 they wanted to affirm and
Revisiting the Reed Brothers by Armando “Pinky” da Silva*, with pictures added. All posthumous war accounts have a Rashomon-like quality in their telling. The story of the four Reed brothers who died in the Battle of Hong Kong is no exception. Theirs is not only a distinctively proud Hong Kong story but also a tragic
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Lt Augusto Xavier USMC A Hero’s Tale Retold by Pinky da Silva Lt Augusto (Gussie) Xavier USMC lost his life in Vietnam in March 1966 leading a flight of four A-4 Skyhawk fighter-bombers while assisting a beleaguered US Special Forces (“Green Berets”) base camp. He was awarded the Silver Star medal for exceptional leadership and
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