re: The legendary Gurkha soldier

I've read about them extensively in the past.

Their mental toughness in battle was based in part on their macabre sense of humor.

Example, during one battle (I believe WWII), a Ghurk manning a machine gun position was hit and fell off his gun. Another Ghurk ran up and took over the gun and a minute later was hit and also fell over. When the third Ghurk ran up, took the gun and was hit, the line erupted in laughter (because, I assume, "figure it out dudes").