No Need for Heroes by Sandy MacGregor,Jimmy Thomson
By Sandy MacGregor,Jimmy Thomson
This is the exciting, hilarious and encouraging actual tale of a ragtag band of Aussie military Engineers who redefined the notice heroes ... and reinvented larrikin too.
Among the 1st Australians to struggle in Vietnam, they confronted demise on a daily basis defusing Viet Cong booby traps—then partied all evening in a on line casino they might inbuilt secret.
They led enormous quantities of yankee troops to defense, yet fought US army police to a standstill within the bars of South Vietnam.
They outfitted the Australian activity Force's base—then sabotaged a headquarters convention, booby trapped showers and blew up a generator instead of kowtow to newly arrived officers.
And that is ahead of we even point out intercourse ...
Most importantly, the lads of 3 box Troop found an enormous Viet Cong tunnel complicated and have been the 1st allied troops to persist with the enemy down into their underground city.
They have been the unique Tunnel Rats and this can be their story.
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