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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’

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Mac Da Trindade on a patrol break in Angola, he served in E coy and recce wing of 32bn
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’

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32 Bn Medics
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’

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32 Battalion: Cmdr. T.T. De Abreu (front/centre) & his crew during Ops Modular, 1987
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 31/201 Bn 'Bushmen'

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Recce Wing
XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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SA Marines on river patrol
XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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SADF troops on ops in Angola, 1980’s
XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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SADF Troopie with his R4/Galil mid 80s
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 31/201 Bn 'Bushmen'

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2Lt William Grimes 2Lt Andre Truter
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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South African SF Recce’s in Angola, 1980’s Courtesy Mike West
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group C Squadron 22 SAS, Rhodesia

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Mapai. C Sqn 2IC Grahame W.
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Grand Reef. G Cars returning from a contact.
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR

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RHODESIAN BUSH WAR

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PORTUGUESE WAR MOZAMBIQUE

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WAR STORIES

South Africa’s New Range Rifles
Operation Prawn: Selous Scouts – Top Secret War
Ken Gaudet on his time in the RLI and SADF Pathfinders
FIRST SHOT COUNTS
The Hawker Hunter and Rhodesia’s Bush War

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Sector 10 HQ
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Operation Firewood
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The Organizer: The Story of Temba Moyo (1974) ZAPU/ZIPRA

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Mozambican Revolution no.25, June-July 1966

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Mozambican Revolution no.46, January-April 1966

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Angola in Arms #4, February 1969

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Angola in Arms #2, February 1967

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Mozambique Revolution no.42, January-March 1970

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A Far-Away War: Angola 1975-1989

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Raúl Castro visits Luanda to personally show support for Neto regime.
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Fighting breaks out between UNITA and FNLA in Benguela with mortars and automatic weapons. Soviet airlift resumes
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