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Ex-Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Joseph Ashitey Hammond looks back with pride after serving society for decades as a soldier.
He was a brave heart who was ready to risk his life in the fight for justice and in defence of his creed, even if faced with the difficult choice of killing his own mother if instructed to.
Old soldiers, they say, never die and so has it been for 95-year-old WO1 Hammond, a member of the Gold Coast Regiment who is currently the only known survivor of the historic 28th February Crossroad incident that claimed the lives of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey a landmark moment in Ghana s struggle for independence.
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Ex-WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond looks back with pride after serving society over the years as a soldier
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Ex-Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Joseph Ashitey Hammond looks back with pride after serving society for decades as a soldier.
He was a brave heart who was ready to risk his life in the fight for justice and in defence of his creed, even if faced with the difficult choice of killing his own mother if instructed to.
Old soldiers, they say, never die and so has it been for 95-year-old WO1 Hammond, a member of the Gold Coast Regiment who is currently the only known survivor of the historic 28th February Crossroad incident that claimed the lives of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey a landmark moment in Ghana s struggle for independence.
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