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    පට්ට මචන්, මම හරි ආසයි මේ වගේ පරණ ෆොටෝ වලට . අනිත් ටිකත් දාන්න
     

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    An elephant towing a fighter aircraft, near Kalpitiya. During WW II, the Puttalam elephants were used to haul the Corsairs back to firmer grounds as they used to slither off the water-logged.

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    Staff Sergeant-Major Percy G.B. Perera

    Staff Sergeant-Major Percy G.B. Perera of the British Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was the only non-European soldier to be appointed Confidential Stenographer at British Advanced Headquarters in the Sudan and Eritrea during the campaign against Italian Forces in North-East Africa in 1941.


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