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The Kevin Wheatley VC Story
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Kevin ‘Dasher’ Wheatley, VC, is one of the most extraordinary characters in Australian history. Dasher was a husband, father, champion footballer and one of the finest soldiers this country has ever produced. The story of his sacrifice is used by the ADF as a perfect example of valour and mateship to this day. Although he is one of the most famous Victoria Cross recipients of all time, his story has never been fully told. Until now.
Dasher: The Kevin Wheatley VC Story was written with firsthand accounts from Dasher’s family and the men who served and fought alongside him. It tells not only the story of an unlikely lad from the mean streets of Sydney, but that of a soldier whose death devastated the ranks of three armies and changed the way Australia dealt with the overseas loss of service people forever.
Everyone who met the man has a Dasher Wheatley story of larrikin behaviour, outstanding soldiering, stunning valour, or all three.
Forwarded by Keith Payne, this book also investigates other gallantry awards Wheatley qualified for but was never given.
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"The Dasher Wheatley story is one that all Australians should know and be proud of." (His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley, AC, DSC [retd general], governor-general of Australia)
"I never met Dasher Wheatley VC, but I would have liked to share a beet with a man whose decision to stay with a dying mate cost him his life. His compelling courage, that choice, characterise the values that make Australia." (Kerry Stokes, AC, chairman, Australian War Memorial)
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Every now and then a work comes along that is so simple and refreshing in its originality that it immediately captures the spirit of American fighting men throughout the ages. Such is this work by Bob Babcock. What makes this work unique is that it is based upon his wartime writing as it occurred, without the softening of time and the refining of modern memory applied to past experience. In it you will find the thinking of a young officer as he struggles to take in all that he is responsible for while experiencing everything himself for the first time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Robo Cop Lullaby
- De Gavin en 04-19-20
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Hunting Che
- How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary
- De: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Che Guevara was a threat to American foreign policy - and when he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be eliminated. Hunting Che follows the exploits of Major Ralph "Pappy" Shelton, Felix Rodriguez, and Gary Prado - the Bolivian Ranger commander who ultimately captured him. With the White House and the Pentagon secretly monitoring every move, Shelton and his team changed history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- De robert en 07-22-24
De: Mitch Weiss, y otros
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,020
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,830
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,813
By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which "the end begins to come into view". The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I KNEW This Book Would Sting Me . . . .
- De Rum Runner en 07-28-17
De: Mark Bowden
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 892
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 801
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 800
It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- De rowca en 10-05-17
De: Hannes Wessels
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The Green Berets
- The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit
- De: Robin Moore
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 889
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 887
Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Berets Nam and beyond
- De Jawbone en 10-07-17
De: Robin Moore
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A Foot Soldier for Patton
- The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third Army
- De: Michael C. Bilder, James Bilder
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 151
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 152
A rarely frank account of the US infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the listener from the beaches of Normandy through the giddy drive across France to the brutal battles on the Westwall, in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself. Patton's army is best known for dashing armored attacks; its commander combining the firepower of tanks with their historic lineage as cavalry. But when the Germans stood firm, the greatest fighting was done by Patton's long undersung infantry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book
- De Dr. Z en 09-16-21
De: Michael C. Bilder, y otros
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Vietnam
- There & Back: A Combat Medic's Chronicle
- De: Jim "Doc" Purtell
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 3 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 49
Vietnam - There & Back: A Combat Medic's Chronicle is a candid account of the time when Jim Purtell and several other combat vets found themselves conducting operations in the jungles of Vietnam during and after the Tet Offensive. Purtell describes in gritty detail what it was like to live and fight with an infantry company only to return to anti-Vietnam sentiment so strong that he and his fellow veterans felt nobody cared about them or the sacrifices they made.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Mike en 01-09-19
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Platoon Leader
- A Memoir of Command in Combat
- De: James R. McDonough
- Narrado por: Joel Rooks
- Duración: 1 h y 55 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.
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1 out of 5 stars
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abridged? it was mutilated!
- De J. Padilla en 02-09-16
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The Outpost
- An Untold Story of American Valor
- De: Jake Tapper
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 22 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,906
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,714
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,715
At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Taliban insurgents. The 53 U.S. troops, having been stationed at the bottom of three steep mountains, were severely outmanned by nearly 400 Taliban fighters. Though the Americans ultimately prevailed, their casualties made it one of the war's deadliest battles for U.S. forces. And after more than three years in that dangerous and vulnerable valley a mere 14 miles from the Pakistan border, the U.S. abandoned and bombed the camp.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, could have been great.
- De Ryan en 01-22-13
De: Jake Tapper
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Fighting With the Filthy Thirteen
- The World War II Story of Jack Womer - Ranger and Paratrooper
- De: Jack Womer, Stephen Devito
- Narrado por: John Allen Nelson
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
In this long awaited work one of the squad’s integral members - and probably its best soldier - reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting listen
- De Nick en 11-27-14
De: Jack Womer, y otros
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Always Faithful
- A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter
- De: Thomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki
- Narrado por: Patrick Kirchner, Wali Habib
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 171
Band of Brothers meets Argo in this dramatic and heartfelt dual memoir of the war in Afghanistan told by two men from opposite worlds. Always Faithful entwines the stories of Marine Major Tom Schueman, and his friend and Afghan interpreter, Zainullah “Zak” Zaki, as they describe their parallel lives, converging paths, and unbreakable bond in the face of overwhelming danger, culminating in Zak and his family’s harrowing escape from Kabul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read!
- De justin en 08-13-22
De: Thomas Schueman, y otros
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A Desert Called Peace
- Carrera, Book 1
- De: Tom Kratman
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
- Duración: 26 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 249
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 228
He raised an army against those who took everything from him. They should have picked their enemies more carefully. Five centuries from now, on a remarkably Earthlike planet that is mankind's sole colony in space, religious fanatics called the "Salafi Ikhwan" have murdered the uncle of former colonel Patrick Hennessey. That was their first mistake, because uncle was rich and Hennessey was rather a good colonel. But they also murdered Hennessey's wife, Linda, and their three small children, and that was their worst mistake for she was the only restraint Hennessey had ever accepted.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The description is better than the execution
- De Dan en 02-21-14
De: Tom Kratman
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Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne
- De: Arthur Wiknik Jr.
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 284
An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view... Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968. After completing various NCO training programs, he was promoted to sergeant "without ever setting foot in a combat zone" and sent to Vietnam in early 1969. Shortly after his arrival on the far side of the world, Wiknik was assigned to Camp Evans, a mixed-unit base camp near the Northern village of Phong Dien.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very good view of the war from a grunt's view.
- De Frank B. Smith en 07-16-19
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Good to Go
- The Life and times of a Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two
- De: Harry Constance, Randall Fuerst
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 15 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,092
Good to Go is Constance's powerful, firsthand account of his three tours of duty as a member of America's most elite, razor-sharp stealth fighting force. It is a breathtaking memoir of harrowing missions and covert special-ops - from the floodplains of the Mekong Delta to the beaches of the South China Sea - that places the listener in the center of bloody ambushes and devastating firefights. But Constance's extraordinary adventure goes even farther - beyond 'Nam.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately this book was not "Good to Go"
- De JWalkup en 12-18-15
De: Harry Constance, y otros
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Devil's Guard: The Real Story
- De: Eric Meyer
- Narrado por: Gary Roelofs
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
Following the myths and legends about Nazis recruited by the French Foreign Legion to fight in Indochina, Eric Meyer's new book is based on the real story of one such former Waffen-SS man who lived to tell the tale.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fairytale
- De Robert Lion en 11-09-19
De: Eric Meyer
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Storming the Falklands
- My War and After
- De: Tony Banks
- Narrado por: David Monteath
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Tony Banks and his comrades of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment were highly trained, but nothing could prepare them for the intensity and ferocity of fighting to liberate the Falkland Islands. Plunged into a war of night attacks and vicious close-quarters combat, Banks and his fellow soldiers' fierce bravery and determination saw them through the bloodiest conflict British troops had faced in decades. Seventeen men died at Goose Green, a hard-fought battle the paras came close to losing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling memoir of the Falklands
- De Steve Adams en 08-08-18
De: Tony Banks
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We Are Soldiers Still
- A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
- De: Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.), Joseph L. Galloway
- Narrado por: Joseph L. Galloway
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 165
Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway revisit their relationships with 10 American veterans of the battle, as well as Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hu An, who commanded the North Vietnamese Army troops on the other side, and two of his old company commanders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must listen for lovers of history
- De Borgnimbblefoot en 08-24-08
De: Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.), y otros
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Once a Warrior King
- Memories of an Officer in Vietnam
- De: David Donovan
- Narrado por: Don Sobczak
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 70
He was a young American soldier - and the most powerful man in a remote rural District of Vietnam.
In the spring of 1969, First Lieutenant David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam to work as military advisor with village chiefs and local militia to win the war.
But as he was the highest-ranking person in the entire district, his life there was far more complex than anyone could have imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally on audio!
- De Trucker john en 02-27-14
De: David Donovan
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Dasher
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- Philip Bellerjeau Sr.
- 11-24-23
A true story of an Australian Hero
This is a true story about one of the many Australian soldiers that where sent to the War in Veitnam . And of one of them that won and earned the Highest award and 🏅 Medal awarded by the Queen of England for Extremely Courage and Valor . the Victoran Cross. it is well written and told and true . I highly recommend this book.
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