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A man joined British Army to "repay his debt" to English family

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A Lance Corporal has told how he joined the British Army to "repay his debt" to the English family who saved him from a life of selling peanuts for £1 a day. Gopal Vaakode was 12 when he met the Hanson family who were holidaying in Goa, where he was walking 10 miles a day selling peanuts to tourists. Sometimes he'd sleep on the beach, and other nights in a tent on the side of the road, providing for his three younger siblings and his mum. He asked tourists Carol Thomas, 55, and Colin Hanson, 64, a couple, and his sister in law Linda Hanson, 70, if they'd like to buy some peanuts.

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