
A Sappers' War
How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
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A Sappers' War
How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
About this book
We make and we break.
They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders, and the tunnel rats. 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 special breed of soldier lived hard and played hard. They were there at the beginning of the war; they were also among the last to leave. And along the way, they fought with their mates in the infantry and in the 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. This is their story.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PROLOGUE-WE MAKE AND WE BREAK . . . EVERYWHERE
- 1. THE TEAM
- 2. THE ORIGINAL TUNNEL RATS
- 3. TUNNELS AND BUNKERS
- 4. SPLINTER TEAMS AND MINI-TEAMS
- 5. ON PATROL
- 6. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE . . .
- 7. FOOT SOLDIERS
- 8. CORAL, BALMORAL AND BEYOND
- 9. KNOW YOUR ENEMY
- 10. LANDMINES DON'T TAKE SIDES
- 11. THE SONG THAT SHOOK A NATION
- 12. WITH TANKS . . .
- 13. BLACK SATURDAY
- 14. CLEARING THE MINEFIELDS
- 15. SIN CITY
- 16. THE TETHERED GOAT
- 17. LAND-CLEARING
- 18. BUILDING BRIDGES
- 19. HEARTS, MINDS . . . AND A LITTLE BEAR
- 20. THEY ALSO SERVE . . .
- 21. SAPPERNUITY
- 22. FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT . . .
- 23. THE FINAL DAYS
- AFTERWORD - SAPPERS SALUTED
- PRAISE INDEED
- THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS
- SAPPERS STILL CLEARING MINES
- SAPPER SOURCES AND OTHER READING
- GLOSSARY