By 23 October, almost all the men who had survived the initial Chinese onslaught in the Northern Sector and in the Galwan Valley, were on the move, trying as best as they could to fall back on Nullah Junction and then on to Hot Springs. However, there were a few exceptions. Skalzang Dorge, a Ladakhi serving with 14 J&K Militia had been wounded at DBO. Somehow, as the rest of the Indian troops pulled out, Dorge was left behind. Finding himself abandoned, the militiaman crawled into a bunker, dressed his own wounds and settled down to wait, firm in the belief that his comrades would return soon.
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