19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola

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19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola
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Nineteen with a Bulletâ€”A Paratrooper in Angola is a fast-moving, action-packed account of Granger Korffâ€™s two yearsâ€™ service during 1980/81 with the elite 1 Parachute Battalion at the height of the South African â€˜bush warâ€™ in South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. Apart from the normal counter-insurgency activities of Fireforce operations, ambushing and patrols, to contact and destroy SWAPO guerrillas, he was involved in several massive South African Defence Force (SADF) conventional cross-border operations, such as Protea, Daisy and Carnation, into Angola to take on FAPLA (Angolan MPLA troops) and their Cuban and Soviet allies.

Korffâ€™s military â€˜careerâ€™ is marred with controversy. He is always in troubleâ€”going AWOL on the eve of battle; into battle; facing a court martial for beating up, and reducing to tears, a sergeant-major in front of the troops; fist-fighting with Drug Squad agents; arrested at gunpoint after the grueling seven-week, 700km Recce selection endurance marchâ€”are but some of the colorful anecdotes that lace this account of service in the SADF. Korffâ€™s writing is â€˜frontlineâ€™â€”punchy, brutal, self-deprecating and at times humorousâ€”but always honest, providing the reader with what it was like to be one of apartheidâ€™s â€˜gruntâ€™ soldiers.
Country USA
Brand 30 Degrees South Publishers
Manufacturer 30 South Publishers (PTY) Ltd
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781920143312
ReleaseDate 2009-04-15

Country	USA
Brand	30 Degrees South Publishers
Manufacturer	30 South Publishers (PTY) Ltd
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781920143312
ReleaseDate	2009-04-15

19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola

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