THE FIRST TUNNEL RATSThis is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes ... and reinvented larrikin too.Among the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps—then partied all night in a casino they'd built in secret.They led hundreds of American troops to safety, but fought US military police to a standstill in the bars of South Vietnam...

This book reaches out to those who are hungry for information. It is about that wonderful robust quality we all have—our inner strength.Twenty Australians tell stories of enhancing their lives by reaching into themselves.Switch on to Your Inner Strength is a practical manual describing how to tap into this vibrant source of personal power and how to use it deliberately.THIS BOOK IS ABOUT* Sandy's encounter with grief and "letting go"* Self esteem, self...

If you had security - in income, in work, in love, in safety, in health and more - would that lead to your happiness? If you had more friends, a family, a better career, abundance in all things you need - would that lead to your happiness?Are you Living Your Life Purpose? Are you getting what you want in life? Maybe you would like to make some changes, in areas such as your abundance, your relationships, a lack of intimacy, things that frustrate you, or your career. But for some re...

This book is about : 1. Accessing the subconscious 88% PIECE of your mind to: * Relaxation and Releasing Stress in 30 seconds * Accelerating Your Learning * Achieving Goals Faster 2. An Effective Technique which you can apply to such things as: * Handling Pain and Loss * Improving Sport Ability * Using Your Creativity * Increasing Your IQ * Increasing Sales and Productivity * Excelling Academically * Doing Well in Subjects You Hate * Having a Great Self Image Reviews Piece of Mind is an Au...

Scientifically proven Accelerated Learning methods (the ability to achieve faster) are presented throughout the book, including a study method described as "7 Steps to Accelerated Learning". This is easy to learn and use, and will save you time.2. The book is divided into 3 sections. Section 1 is Relaxation in less than 30 seconds, Section 2 is Achieving Goals Faster and Increasing Self Esteem and Section 3 is Academic Accelerated Learning. A unique feature is that the book is writte...

The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam.'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know w...

They are young, they are tough and they were the forward scouts in Australia's war against the Taliban. 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 rec...

They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Not only did they follow their enemy down into these unknown underground labyrinths, but matched the Vietcong's jungle warfare skills and defused thousands of their clever booby traps. Off duty, it was a different story. The bad boys of 3 Field Troop were a boozing, brawling, bonking bunch of larrikins, who cut...

**The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia.“An amazing, riveting tale of unsung heroes who went above and beyond.”—James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers**During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local ...

Captain William Van Zanten was one of the “Magnificent Bastards” of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, in 1966–a year when any day could bring death or dismemberment from a Bouncing Betty or a punji stake, a firefight or a sniper bullet. He and his men faced B-52-sized mosquitoes, rain, heat, disease, and a determined and elusive enemy who kept the Marines off-balance, edgy, and sleepless.Yet Van Zanten persevered with a soldierly professionalism built on rigorous training. Dedication...

"The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ."For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage. Now former army warrant officer Tom Marshall of the Phoenix, C Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne, captures the deadly mountain terrain, the long hours flown under enormous stress, the gri...

"Vietnam was a fantasy life of gunfire, blood,heat, and superhuman toil."By late 1969, the end of the war was just over the horizon. But for Ches Schneider, a drafted schoolteacher turned infantry grunt in the deadly Central Highlands, it was just beginning. This story of a Missouri boy, told with grit and honesty, describes the stark transition from the normalcy of schooldays to the life-and-death drama endured daily in Vietnam's bloody jungles.As a soldier in the 1...