'Full service': Only man to serve all three armed forces turns 100

'Full service': Only man to serve all three armed forces turns 100

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Col Prithipal Singh Gill (retd), the only officer who served in the country's all three armed forces, turned 100 on Friday. His wife, Preminder Kaur, is 93 years old.

Colonel Gill, who lives in the city, started his military career in the pre-World War II era as a pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force.

He then sailed the high...

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