Clarke was Canadian born, and emigrated to the United States at an early age with his 9 siblings. His family settled in the carefree, post-WW2 suburban utopia that was California in the 1950s. Despite his easy going upbringing, some deep inside him called him to be a...
Trooper Neil "Death Wish" Hooley, a British volunteer in 11 Troop, 3 Commando, Rhodesian Light Infantry. Hooley became a bit of a legend in the regiment, for his ability to seemingly attract trouble, and spent quite a bit of time recovering in Tsanga Lodge from either...
Duty called in Rhodesia, and Anthony opted to join up with the elite Rhodesian Light Infantry as part of his national service in 1976. While finishing his tour of duty during the height of the Rhodesian Bush War, he was accepted to the University of Natal to study...
Ralph started off his career with the Parachute Regiment, jumping into Egypt during the 1956 Suez Crisis where he was mentioned in dispatches (as you can see on his General Service Medal). After Egypt, he fought insurgencies in Yemen and Borneo with the 22 Special Air...
Chris Garland served with distinction with the Rhodesian Light Infantry before joining the SADF as an officer at 121 Zulu Bn (he speaks Zulu fluently). After that, he joined 101 Bn, the Romeo Mike Bn, of the SWATF. In the early 1990s he retired as a Lt Col.
This is the Russian PMD-6 (ПMД-6), a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), rectangular, wooden, Anti-Personnel (AP), landmine that is designed to wound or kill by its HE-Blast effect also copied in China. The upper portion of the box overlaps the lower portion which...
Peter Baxter was the youngest (18 years & 3 months old) Regular Officer Commissioned off a Regular Officer Cadets Course in the Rhodesian Army. This cadet course was extremely lucky to have the training in classical warfare done when Rhodesia had 2 troops of T55...
The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) was a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although officers were generally from the white population. The regiment was formed in May 1940 in the British colony of...
Operation Prawn: Attacks on Line of Rail: Barragem to Malvernia: August, 1976 Reconnaissance teams dropped in by free-fall parachuting and by helicopters along the line of rail, confirmed information to hand that ZANLA were making extensive and ever increasing...
John Alan Coey (November 12, 1950 – July 19, 1975) was a U.S. Marine who served in the Rhodesian Army as one of "the Crippled Eagles", a loosely organised group of U.S. expatriates fighting for the unrecognized government of Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) during that...
This is the Russian TM-57, a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), circular, sheet-metal-bodied, Anti-Vehicle (AV), landmine that is designed to damage or destroy a vehicle by its HE-Blast effect and was designed for mechanical laying. It is an improvement on the TM-46 and...
Barry Stranack was born in Durban, South Africa in 1945, and grew up in the then Rhodesia. Barry served with the Rhodesian Light Infantry, the renowned 5 Command 'Wild Geese' of the Congo, the Rhodesian Regiment and the counter insurgency Special Forces Rhodesian...