Officer who served in Indian Army, Navy, Air Force turns 100
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Updated: Dec 11, 2020 15:22 IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Colonel Prithipal Singh Gill, who may be the only man to have served in all three defence services -- the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force -- turned 100 years old on Friday.
Colonel Gill led a unique and what may be called the only military career of its kind having started as a pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force, then sailing the High Seas with Indian Navy, and finally witnessing the action as a Gunner Officer with the Indian Army in the 1965 War.