Beschreibung:
Terry O'Farrell's personal account of his career as an SAS soldier vividly captures not only the military actions of his time in Vietnam, but the human aspects of soldiering - from surviving the intense selection process and training, to dealing with the ever-present fear of combat.
Preface..Acknowledgments..Glossary of terms and abbreviations..1 Early days..2 Recruit training..3 Infantry training..4 SAS selection..5 Pre-deployment training..6 Arriving in Vietnam..7 First patrol..8 Cobras and the Don Khanh Hotel..9 WIA..10 No comms..11 Contacts and ambushes..12 Double bluff..13 Action on the Firestone Trail..14 Working with 22 SAS-Malaysia..15 Exercise Sidewalk-Papua New Guinea..16 Back to Nui Dat..17 Caches and booby traps..18 Elephants..19 The May Tao Mountains..20 SEAL operations..Epilogue..Appendix..Index