| Nineteen With a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola |  | Author: Granger Korff
Publisher: 30 Degrees South
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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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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19 With a Bullet September 10, 2009
David (Australia)
5 out of 5 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.
Great Title and A Great Book! October 11, 2009
Jeffrey S. Barrett (Morganton,NC USA)
4 out of 4 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.
Must read February 10, 2010
P. H. Massyn (South Africa)
3 out of 3 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.
Very real and therefore scary and intense June 6, 2010
Cliff Rayman (Northridge, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very real book. If you are looking for cartoon violence and false heroes, this book is not for you. If you want to know how it feels to be in real combat, with your life on the line, then this is a must read. It takes you through the full gamut of emotions from fear to bravery and from pride to revulsion. You get a first person view from an elite paratrooper who is doing his utmost to be the best soldier possible in impossible situations.
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