Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1743319622 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere in the fighting against the Vietcong. This is their story.. This special breed of soldier lived hard and played hard. We make and we break.They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders, and the tunnel rats. They were there at the beginning of the war, and they were also among the last to leave. Along the way they fought with their fellow soldiers in infantry and tanks to bear the brunt of the Vietcong's revenge. To the rest of the world, Vietnam was a conflict of ideologies. On the ground it was a battle of wits, and the sappers were at the forefront
Jimmy Thomson is a journalist, author, and screenwriter whose credits include the ABC-TV series Rain Shadow and the books Snitch, Tunnel Rats, and Watto. Thomson is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and served in the Army for 30 years.
A Sappers War degzc This book brought many a tear to my eyes, not only for the lives of the brave Sappers who did not make it home as i did. But also for the many very funny stories, many of which i can relate to as i know many of the blokes in the book and have shared their humor first hand over there in Vietnam and home in Australia. The sheer stupidity of the top brass involved in the decision to lay the mine field, in defiance of the the men who knew better ( the Sappers themselves ) remains to me to be a folly as bad as the decision at Anzac Cove itself. So many good lives lost because of some desk jockeys in Canberra who thought. "authentic tales from actual Sappers" according to muruk. from start to finish hard to put down. Actual real tales but always tinged with a devilish humour. On several occasions I laughed out loud but the serious part is that these Australian Sappers suffered many casualties but carried out all that was thrown at them.. jess e karcher said do not buy unless found for a dollar in a thrift store. It is true these men are truly brave. But this book I did not find interesting. At the beginning of almost every chapter the writer would tell you over and over again that engineers not only searched tunnels but also cleared mines built airfields etcafter several chapters it was no longer needed to be said. Also for me being a veteran myself and a military reader I found it hard to get locked into, the way the book is written got very boring for me, not the soldiers stories but the book itself. This book could have been better written to tell the story of these brave men. This book was not worth the price.
About the AuthorJimmy Thomson is a journalist, author, and screenwriter whose credits include the ABC-TV series Rain Shadow and the books Snitch, Tunnel Rats, and Watto. Thomson is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and served in the Army for 30 years.