Tunnel rats vs the Taliban : how Aussie sappers led the way in the war on terror / Jimmy Thomson & Sandy MacGregor ; read by Robert Meldrum.
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SoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2015]Copyright date: ℗♭2015Edition: Unabridged audio editionDescription: 7 audio discs (8 hr., 24 min.) : digital ; 12 cmContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781486299324; 1486299326Other title: Tunnel rats versus the TalibanSubject(s): Australia. Army. Royal Australian Engineers | Taliban -- Afghanistan | Afghan War, 2001- -- Participation, Australian | Afghan War, 2001- -- Engineering and construction | Sapping | Military engineering -- Afghanistan | Military engineers -- Australia | Sapping -- HistoryGenre/Form: Audiobooks. DDC classification: 958.1047/394 Read by Robert Meldrum.Summary: This is the story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan who learnt their skills from the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the Vietnam War. Like their compatriots in Vietnam, the Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rutted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and hideouts, have defused thousands of improvised explosive devices (the booby traps and landmines of this most recent of wars), built bridges and schools to win a war of hearts and minds, and lost mates at a greater rate than any other group of soldiers. And they, too, have returned home with the devastating baggage of war: post-traumatic stress disorder. Inspiring and action packed, this is the story of a special breed of soldier operating in a modern war against a medieval enemy. It is a story that connects the unsung heroes of Vietnam with the modern heroes of Afghanistan.
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Read by Robert Meldrum.
This is the story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan who learnt their skills from the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the Vietnam War. Like their compatriots in Vietnam, the Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rutted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and hideouts, have defused thousands of improvised explosive devices (the booby traps and landmines of this most recent of wars), built bridges and schools to win a war of hearts and minds, and lost mates at a greater rate than any other group of soldiers. And they, too, have returned home with the devastating baggage of war: post-traumatic stress disorder. Inspiring and action packed, this is the story of a special breed of soldier operating in a modern war against a medieval enemy. It is a story that connects the unsung heroes of Vietnam with the modern heroes of Afghanistan.
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