Ghost platoon / Frank Walker
- Bib ID:
- 6858328
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Walker, Frank (Frank William), author
- Description:
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- Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2015
- ©2013
- xiv, 338 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780733634604 (paperback)
- Series:
- Hachette military collection.
- Summary:
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For 39 years the Australian Defence Force strenuously denied a unit called the 2nd Defence 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. But a rugged ex-Royal Marine stepped forward to take the lead. Jim Riddle was ten years older than most of the young diggers and only an acting corporal as he'd been in too many bar fights and insulted too many officers to keep his stripes. But he knew enough of war to keep these young diggers alive.
- Notes:
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- '39 Australian soldiers, Vietnam, 1969. The army denied they existed. What were they trying to hide?' --Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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