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Kufa Buku

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 18, 2024 | Grey's Scouts | 0 comments

Kufa Buku was a highly regarded Corporal and expert tracker in the Rhodesian Army’s mounted infantry unit, the Grey’s Scouts. Kufa Buku began as a stablehand and farrier before joining operational patrols. He quickly became one of the premier trackers in...

Campbell Dunlop

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 10, 2024 | SAS C Squadron | 0 comments

One of the last SAS intakes in 1980, as the unit disbanded later that year

Mike Kerr

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 7, 2024 | Selous Scouts | 0 comments

Alan “Stretch” Franklin

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 7, 2024 | SAS C Squadron, Selous Scouts | 0 comments

Franklin served as a sergeant in C Squadron of the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) before moving to the Selous Scouts. He was involved in the early concept and formation of pseudo-operations teams, which would pose as enemy guerrillas to gather intelligence and...

John R. Cronin

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 7, 2024 | Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts | 0 comments

Cronin a U.S. Marine Corps officer served two tours in Vietnam in Battalion and Force Recon units from 1967-1969, where he was wounded twice. He later returned to the Marines as a commissioned infantry officer for three years. Following his discharge from the Marines...

Jan Andries Scheepers

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 7, 2024 | SAS C Squadron | 0 comments

Kufa Buku

Campbell Dunlop

Mike Kerr

Alan “Stretch” Franklin

John R. Cronin

Jan Andries Scheepers

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