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Name: : Henry Norval
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 22 November 2007
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Comments: : Great site - spent my time at 3 sqn Mirage F1 82 till 87. Good and bad times.
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Name: : E. Lewis
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 21/11/2007
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Comments: : Cant wait for the book
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Name: : wdw
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 16/11/07
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Comments: : great work.roer mens se hart and makes you verlang na people you knew... does anybody remember the song played on troepie versoeke WAIT actually a poem read by a man with music.Post artist please
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Name: : gavin faul
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 7nov 07
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Comments: : awesome site . 1 sai and 4sai during 1983-84 . part of ops askari . will send pics
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Name: : Terrance de Wet
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Email address: :
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Webpage (URL): : (URL)
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Date: : 2007/11/06
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Comments: : Brought back many memories, good & bad. Served in 1983/1984 61 Mech & took part in ops Askari. Our memories will never fade for our fallen ones.
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Name: : Martin Smith
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 06 October 2007
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Comments: : Look nice! - will get my copy soon.
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Name: : Markus Resch
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 7/11/2007
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Comments: : I AM SO VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE REAL SAND. TO THINK THAT IT IS A COMPLETE JOKE NOW.
IT SHOULD CALLED AZANIAN DEFENSE JOKERS!!!!
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Name: : Dr Kruger
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 06/11/07
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Comments: : The saddest day for me of this war was not in the war, but the day I learned of the betrayal and killing of Savimbi. He should be counted along with the other heroes of this war.
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Name: : Mark Lee
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 02/11/2007
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Comments: : Platoon 13 SADF Equestrian Unit 1979 - 1981
Excellent website. Glad someone has the balls to show what should never have been
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Name: : roger
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): : www.randrtravels.co.uk
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Date: : 30/09/07
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Comments: : 4 SAI and Ops Moduler. Lost a few good mates. Was attached to Anti Tank 72 A ratel. Milan gunner. OC of Panzer School bloem has good phots from OPS Moduler.
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Name: : Butch Coskey
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 22/09/2007
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Comments: : We have not forgotten our past but we dont live in the past. we were a happy band of men yes i say men at the age of 17 ous boys were men.
We had our skirmishes and ran from some where we were overpowered yet we returned to take them on again.
I for one
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Name: : MartinV
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 09/12/07
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Comments: : It was the best of times and the worst of times - Artillery 51 Bn - Hurricane Base -Ruacana -1984 to 1985. Excellent site - I wil look for pics.
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Name: : Pieter Boer
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 16-08-2007
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Comments: : Great site, but I would like to see some Hunter Group pictures. Do you think you could add them?
cheers,
Pieter
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Name: : John Noades (spookie)
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 15-8-07
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Comments: : I started national service at 17 field engineers, Bethlehem 1974 and moved to four survey & printing DHQ Pretoria. Border duty,rundu 76, 76 Soweto riots, joined PF 76. Spend some time at sector 10, printing the propaganda leaflets.
I notice you have no i
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Name: : Frans van Niekerk
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 11/08/2007
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Comments: : Wens jou alle sukses toe met jou projek....well done,very good idea...will send some pictures as well.Best regards.Frans(ex cpl.Oshigambo/6 SAI.
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Name: : Tony Delport
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 10.08.2007
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Comments: : have some pics from my fellow platoon in ops sector 20 infanrty school doing ops traing, 1 terr spes nailed. regards tony
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Name: : John Botha
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 2007/08/08
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Comments: : Great site and keep it up.
Just a correction, Ops Modular was in late 1987 ending in Dec of that year. After that was Hopper and Packer.
If you would like to see some more SADF videos, look a Youtube.com, type in SADF. A lot of great videos including a
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Name: : Theuns Smith
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 28/07/2007
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Comments: : Was a LT. by 4SAI 1972. Meeste van tyd op Doornkop. Eerste grensdiens Rundu 1972/73. Ook Art.20 Sal later meer laat weet. Nog baie trots op SAW en mt bruin uniform en weermag brass.
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Name: : Hennie van Deventer
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): : www.basiebotha.co.za
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Date: : 13/07/2007
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Comments: : took part in Ops Savanna Nov 75
brings back good memories.Will do it all over again if with the same guys
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Name: : Pieter
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 07/07/07
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Comments: : I was very surprised looking through Craig Scotts photographs.
It seems to me that we were in 5 SAI at the same time. I joined in June/July 1980 and was in E Company.
We spent 6 months in Ruacana from about April 81 to Sep 81 and then again 7 Month
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Name: : Peter Menhinick
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 05/07/07
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Comments: : January 85 intake, 3SAI Potchefstroom. Living in UK, Great site, very informative and brings back some very good memories. Will try and obtain some old photos, maybe a story or two. Based at 53Bn Ondangwa
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Name: : Jaco W Zitzke
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 02/07/07
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Comments: : Uitstekende webwerf baie dankie. Ek was in TDK Pretoria 1993 ons was die laaste wat nog opgeroep was.Hou so aan.
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Name: : Bernard Jacobs
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 29 June 2007
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Comments: : EXCELLENT, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS THE BOOK IS COMPLETED. IM LIVING IN QATAR IN THE MID-EAST AND ANY SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE IS WELCOME, ESPECIALLY SOMETHINK LIKE THIS SINCE I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS SPECIFIC WAR
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Name: : Kevin Rother
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 29/06/2007
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Comments: : Great website. I am writing down my own memories of my time in SWA which stretched from 1974 until 1982. This is basically for my family and reading the articles on this website really gets the memory going.
Thank you very much. I will certainly keep on
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Name: : Jurie Swanepoel
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Name: : Hendrik Neethling
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 15/06/2006
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Comments: : Spent 4 years (1977-1981) as PF at 4 Electronic Workshop (part of Signals). Worked as technical support for 10 AA (SuperFledermaus radar & 35mm Oerlikon). Except for 3-month stint in Grootfontein, never went to the border or across. We had a job to do - s
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Name: : ewen smith
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 14/06/2007
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Comments: : great site .i served 1986-1987.
1 parachute batallion.angola 1987.have plenty photos and info .
ops firewood etc. those ere the days.
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Name: : Martin J
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 12/06/07
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Comments: : Spent 2 sorties up there 79 & 81.Many fond and some sad memories.Good oldays those.
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Name: : Frans van Niekerk
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 04/06/2007
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Comments: : Well done...and best of luck with your book.Best regards,Cpl Matimba Frans.
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Name: : gibbons
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 30/05/07
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Comments: : many memories - mixed feelings.
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Name: : Raymond Finiff Steelrudi
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: :
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Comments: : Great site!!!! Long live the SADF!!!! Wasnt there, but almost. Wont go into details.
Cheers, and Regards, Ray
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Name: : Mark van Vuuren
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 18-02-2007
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Comments: : Was in 3SAI.Spent time in SWA and Angola.Man i miss those days.It was great being part of something.But now its as if it was all a wast of time and lives.I think we will be called to rescue out great country again.We will have power again.The comunists ca
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Name: : Riekert Giliomee
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): : sa-army.com
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Date: : 15-05-2007
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Comments: : Nice site.
I run the website SA-Army.com It would be nice if you could contact me. We are taking part in The War And Peace show in July maybe you want to Join....?
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Name: : Skipper Davies
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : May, 5, 2007
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Comments: : I want to know what books exist on this conflict? I am in the US Army ROTC program, training to become an officer in the US Army. Right now Im halfway done with my training and Im going to West Point and Fort Knox for training in the M1A1 Abrams Tank and
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Name: : Nick
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 04.05.2007
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Comments: : Very interesting read, i missed all of national service (except for school cadets)by a year before it was abolished and now consider myself very lucky. I know plenty of guys who did go and who were the heroes who told grens stories by the braai when they
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Name: : attie dippenaar
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 9/4/07
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Comments: : mis daai dae. lees al peter stiff se boeke. 75508051BG
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Name: : Bryan
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): : www.myspace.com/bryanbxb
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Date: : 03/16/2207
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Comments: : I am cuban, it is very sad how many people from both side died in that conflict. I hope they rest in peace and I hope that Cuba become a free country again.
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Name: : steve n
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Email address: : steve n
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 3 march 2007
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Comments: : i was a lute with 201bn(31) 1982 to 1985 rm charlie,ive got plenty of photos but do not wish to pass them on,sadly was at the last parade,turned my back on the old flag,bitter,32&31 sold out by politics coz mk could not intigrate
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Name: : Martin De Beer
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 28 Feb 2007
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Comments: : Ek is baie bly dat hierdie videos nou op die internet verskyn. Dit bring so baie memories terug. Ek het van 83 tot 95 in die SA Lugmag gedien wat sekerlik die beste jare van my lewe was. My hoogte punt was om n sortie in n Cheetah D te kon vlieg. Waar kan
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Name: : Dylan
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 17/2/07
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Comments: : Fantastic webpage.
Quite sad how little is known of this major conflict in S W Africa. May this event in history never be forgotten.
Im an Aussie who has visited both SA & Namibia and have friends in the former SADF. Beautiful country and great people.
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Name: : WAYNE VAN REENEN
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 14/02/2007
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Comments: : Was based in Rundu 1982 to 1983 force no 7935075BT will send photos soon
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Name: : CharlesMarais
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 14-02-2007
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Comments: : Was daar 8/1975 tot 1/1976 - was baie
jonk - goeie ondervinding, nog nooit spyt nie - jammer van al ons vriende wat agtergebly het - glo ons het regte ding vir daardie tyd gedoen - nou is dit n heel ander storie (Pantser-D-eskadron-Brug 14)
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Name: : STEVEN BRETT
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): : www.marico-safaris.com
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Date: : 13.02.2007
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Comments: : yes i was also with you in angola - from Oct 84 - force no 81402273bg Mech infantry - base in S.W.A. was 61 Mech Bn - have photos - will send asap
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Name: : Anton Franken
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 13-02-2007
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Comments: : Old 61 Mech member in South-West Africa 1988-89,had serious accident near base which left me crippled, but had wonderfull times and miss the good old border days
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Name: : Barry Roper
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Date: : 10/02/2007
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Comments: : Very interesting, Was with 32BN 1976 to 1977 as tspt and ops officer. surprised that there are so few comments in the guestbook.
It is also great to see some stuff about 31BN, not much has been done for them. At least 32BN has 2 of its own web pages to
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Name: : One Day
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Email address: :
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Webpage (URL): : 09-02-2007
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Comments: : AFHQ Pretoria 1969 - 1972...Swartkops AFB...Border...Rhodesia...6th SQ AFB (disbanded 1975)...hey a new R1 what more does an ouman need?
bytvase mana Im still alive!!!
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Name: : Llwellyn Loftie-Eaton
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 2007 02 06
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Comments: : I manufacture 1/35 scale SADF vehicles. I spent 4 years Operational in signals. Have pics to submit.....
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Name: : Brice
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 23 Jan 2007
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Comments: : Served my two years in the Army, and after 25 years away from SA, the flashbacks are starting. I have not slept a full nights sleep since 2001....I wake up at night thinking of my friends in Rundu...those lost souls forgotten in the darkness.....and no on
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Name: : paul
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 22:01:07
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Comments: : Good site , brings back memories.
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Name: : phil
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Email address: : [email protected]
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Webpage (URL): :
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Date: : 19/01/07
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Comments: : v.interesting! I read once that white troops use all black camocream to appear black at a distance should the enemy see them. Is there any truth in this?
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