A Sappers' War
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A Sappers' War

How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong

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eBook - ePub

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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Information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781743430675
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PROLOGUE-WE MAKE AND WE BREAK . . . EVERYWHERE
  7. 1. THE TEAM
  8. 2. THE ORIGINAL TUNNEL RATS
  9. 3. TUNNELS AND BUNKERS
  10. 4. SPLINTER TEAMS AND MINI-TEAMS
  11. 5. ON PATROL
  12. 6. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE . . .
  13. 7. FOOT SOLDIERS
  14. 8. CORAL, BALMORAL AND BEYOND
  15. 9. KNOW YOUR ENEMY
  16. 10. LANDMINES DON'T TAKE SIDES
  17. 11. THE SONG THAT SHOOK A NATION
  18. 12. WITH TANKS . . .
  19. 13. BLACK SATURDAY
  20. 14. CLEARING THE MINEFIELDS
  21. 15. SIN CITY
  22. 16. THE TETHERED GOAT
  23. 17. LAND-CLEARING
  24. 18. BUILDING BRIDGES
  25. 19. HEARTS, MINDS . . . AND A LITTLE BEAR
  26. 20. THEY ALSO SERVE . . .
  27. 21. SAPPERNUITY
  28. 22. FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT . . .
  29. 23. THE FINAL DAYS
  30. AFTERWORD - SAPPERS SALUTED
  31. PRAISE INDEED
  32. THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS
  33. SAPPERS STILL CLEARING MINES
  34. SAPPER SOURCES AND OTHER READING
  35. GLOSSARY