India, July 25 -- Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrum's commanding officer during the Kargil War, Col Virendra Bhalothia (Retd), remembers him vividly as the "darling of his men". "They were ready to die for him," Col Bhalothia recalls. "He was commanding a sub-unit of 20-25 men and would go with them everywhere - even when it wasn't necessary. They were fully capable of carrying out the task themselves, but he'd still accompany them. So they truly loved and looked up to him," he adds. It's no surprise then that when eight of his men were killed during the assault on Point 4812 on the night of June 30 (1999), Captain Clifford was "infuriated". He charged towards enemy bunkers, firing, hurling grenades and killing six enemy soldiers in close...