Tunnel Rats: The Iarrikin Aussie Legends Who Discovered the Vietcong's Secret Weapon - Couverture souple

Thomson, Jimmy

 
9781742374895: Tunnel Rats: The Iarrikin Aussie Legends Who Discovered the Vietcong's Secret Weapon
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ISBN 10 : 1742374891 ISBN 13 : 9781742374895
Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2011

Synopsis

The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. 'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . . . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there in the first place'. They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Staring death squarely in the face every day, not only did they follow their enemy down into these unknown underground labyrinths, but matched the Vietcong's jungle warfare skills and defused thousands of their clever booby traps. Off duty, it was a different story. The bad boys of 3 Field Troop were a boozing, brawling, bonking bunch of larrikins, who cut a swathe through the bars and brothels of Saigon, fought American Military Police to a standstill, built a secret casino and booby-trapped their own HQ to teach their officers a lesson. Thrilling, inspiring and action packed, this is the true story of the unsung heroes of Australia's war in Vietnam. Living up to their motto of 'We Make and We Break' they created the legend of the Tunnel Rats.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. 'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . . . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there in the first place'. They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Staring death squarely in the face every day, not only did they follow their enemy down into these unknown underground labyrinths, but matched the Vietcong's jungle warfare skills and defused thousands of their clever booby traps. Off duty, it was a different story. The bad boys of 3 Field Troop were a boozing, brawling, bonking bunch of larrikins, who cut a swathe through the bars and brothels of Saigon, fought American Military Police to a standstill, built a secret casino and booby-trapped their own HQ to teach their officers a lesson. Thrilling, inspiring and action packed, this is the true story of the unsung heroes of Australia's war in Vietnam. Living up to their motto of 'We Make and We Break' they created the legend of the Tunnel Rats.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jimmy Thomson is a journalist, author and screenwriter whose credits include the ABC-TV series Rain Shadow. His most recent book is Snitch: Crooked cops and Kings Cross crims by the man who saw it all. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, as a young captain Sandy MacGregor commanded 3 Field Troop in Vietnam, where he won the Military Cross. He served in the Army for thirty years, finishing as a colonel in the Reserves.

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Éditeur
Allen & Unwin
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1742374891
ISBN 13 
9781742374895
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2013
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