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Nineteen With a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola

Nineteen With a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in AngolaAuthor: Granger Korff
Publisher: 30 Degrees South
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 45,693

Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9

ISBN: 1920143319
Dewey Decimal Number: 356.1660968
EAN: 9781920143312
ASIN: 1920143319

Publication Date: June 3, 2009
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Nineteen with a Bullet - A Paratrooper in Angola is a fast-moving, action-packed account of Granger Korff's two years' service during 1980-81 with the elite 1 Parachute Battalion at the height of the South African 'bush war' in South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. Apart from the normal counter-insurgency activities of Fireforce operations, ambushing and patrols, to contact and destroy SWAPO guerrillas, he was involved in several massive South African Defence Force (SADF) conventional cross-border operations, such as Protea, Daisy and Carnation, into Angola to take on FAPLA (Angolan MPLA troops) and their Cuban and Soviet allies.

Korff s military 'career' is marred with controversy. He is always in trouble - going AWOL on the eve of battle; into battle; facing a court martial for beating up, and reducing to tears, a sergeant-major in front of the troops; fist-fighting with Drug Squad agents; arrested at gunpoint after the grueling seven-week, 700km Recce selection endurance march - are but some of the colorful anecdotes that lace this account of service in the SADF. Korff's writing is 'frontline' - punchy, brutal, self-deprecating and at times humorous - but always honest, providing the reader with what it was like to be one of apartheid's 'grunt' soldiers.


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5 out of 5 stars 19 With a Bullet   September 10, 2009
David (Australia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a kick ass, right on the money account of military service and combat on (and across) the Angolan border. Congratulations to the author on writing a first class, harrowing account of life in an elite front line unit. Without a doubt the most entertaining book I've read in a while.


5 out of 5 stars Great Title and A Great Book!   October 11, 2009
Jeffrey S. Barrett (Morganton,NC USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Korff does a great job of chronicling his time in the SADF Airborne 1980-1981 and his deployments into Angola to fight SWAPO.Along the way Korff gets into trouble with drugs, fighting, and my favorite when he beats the hell out of a leg SGM for killing his cats while they are in the bush.If you are into reading about guerrilla warfare in SA this is definitely the book to read.


5 out of 5 stars Must read   February 10, 2010
P. H. Massyn (South Africa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Granger Korff captures all that is good and bad of war. From the camaraderie of a trained combat unit in the bush surrounded by enemy soldiers to the senseless killing of civilians caught in the crossfire. There are very few books that can make you feel a part of the story, Granger does it, the same as Chickenhawk, 13th Valley and Forgotten soldier does. Highly recommended.

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