labrador
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Post by labrador on May 18, 2012 21:25:46 GMT 8
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Post by mikevictor on May 18, 2012 23:31:00 GMT 8
Wow, this is incredible!
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Post by hughdotoh on May 19, 2012 22:45:30 GMT 8
eeww. perverse.
Wonder how it went with the ex-wehrmacht guys in Indochina.
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Post by bravotwozero on May 31, 2012 0:37:56 GMT 8
eeww. perverse. Wonder how it went with the ex-wehrmacht guys in Indochina. There's been a couple of books out there about former SS fighting in battles in Vietnam. Two books are authored by George Robert Elford: "Devil's Guard" and "Recall To Inferno Devil's Guard Two". I bought and read the second one way back in the 1980s. Being a packrat, I still have it.  I don't remember much about the story anymore but I do plan to re-read it. I think I will buy the first one though just for the sake of continuity. I'm glad they reprinted the first one at least I can get it at a cheaper price. I just looked at Amazon for "Recall To Inferno" and the cheapest they have for paperback is $57.00! Here's the description of the book "Recall To Inferno" as written in the back cover: RADIO HANOI CALLED THEM THE COMMANDOS OF DEATH The French Foreign Legion first recruited fugitive veterans of the German S.S. to fight in the bloodstained jungles of Asia. Then came the defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the Legion's forts became graveyards. The dreaded S.S. battalion was disbanded. But not all of them went home. Three hundred hand-picked commandos became a secret fighting force. Code-named Task Force-G, they were mercenaries without a master, unshackled to fight any way they wanted. And they wanted to fight hard, dirty, and without mercy. This is their untold story - a tale of men with ferocious bloodlust, superhuman courage, and a streak of insanity that made them the most feared killers, and heroes of Vietnam's long and deadly war. |
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Post by bravotwozero on May 31, 2012 5:51:55 GMT 8
I just did a Google search on this because I couldn't tell if this book is Fiction or Non-Fiction. It came up with a wiki entry. Here it is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Guard Looks like there's a 3rd installment to this. I do remember picking the second book up in the 80s because the subject of ex-SS fighting in Vietnam was intriguing. |
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