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Sydney: Hachette Australia. Very Good+. 2013. Paperback. 0733630561 . Hachette Military Collection; B & W and colour photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages .
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- Title Ghost Platoon
- Author Walker, Frank
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 256
- Language ENG
- Publisher Import Aus, Sydney
- Date 2013
- ISBN 9780733630569
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Hachette, Australia, 2013. Softcover. Near fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY""39 Australian soldiers, Vietnam, 1969 the army denied they existed what were they trying to hide?""For 39 years the Australian Defence Force strenuously denied a unit called the 2nd Defense and Employment Platoon existed during the Vietnam War.The platoon was a makeshift rapid deployment force of 38 men, all regular troops, based at the Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat in 1969 from late April to June.The ragtag unit was thrown together with diggers left behind in Vietnam when their regiment returned to Australia. It was so slapdash it didn't even have an officer or sergeant in charge.But a rugged ex-Royal Marine, Jim Riddle, stepped forward to take the lead. When the platoon was thrown into one of the biggest firefights of the Vietnam War against hundreds of enemy, Riddle proved his leadership, bringing all his men through unscathed and leaving the battlefield littered with enemy bodies.It was a highly successful…
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