Lt. Gen. (Retd) Amar Nath Aul, who was a brigadier in 1999 and headed the mountain brigade that pushed the intruders back in the Drass sector and recaptured the strategic Tiger Hill, said: 'It is an experience no soldier can ever forget. I salute the untiring commitment of my boys who fought against all odds and did not deter in laying down their lives when it came to protecting the country.'

Aul, who retired from the army last month, was in Drass to remember and honour the brave men of his mountain brigade who won laurels during the Drass operation.