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Military Despatches Vol 45 March 2021 Thanks, but no thanks 10 dangerous roles in the military It pays to be a winner The US Navy SEALs An offer you can’t refuse Did the US Military and the Mafia collaborate? Colonel Arthur ‘Bull’ Simons US Army Special Forces legend For the military enthusiast CONTENTS March 2021 Page 14 Click on any video below to view How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and techno-speak that few Special Forces - US Navy SEALS outside the military could hope to under- 46 stand. Some of the terms Features Changes to the engine room were humorous, some 6 were clever, while others The Sea Cadets announce new were downright crude. Ten dangerous military roles appointments. These are ten military roles in 48 history that you did not want. Remembrance Day Part of Hipe’s “On the 22 32 Seaman Piper Pauwels from couch” series, this is an Who’s running the show? It’s not really a game TS Rook researches the mean- interview with one of The nine people that became How simulators are changing ing of Remembrance Day. author Herman Charles Chief of the SADF. the way the military trains. 50 Bosman’s most famous 24 36 characters, Oom Schalk Memories of a Sea Cadet An offer you can’t refuse Long distance air mail Deene Collopy, Country Man- A taxi driver was shot Lourens. Hipe spent time in Did the US Military and the Ma- The Excalibur extended-range ager for Oil Spill Response dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area fia collaborate in World War II? guided artillery shell could be- Limited, remembers some of the war between rival taxi plagued with gang 26 come one of the deadliest weap- annual courses he did as a young organisations. violence, to view first- Miracle of the skies ons on the modern battlefield. Sea Cadet. hand how Project Almost torn in half, an Ameri- 38 Ceasefire is dealing with can B-17 bomber attempts to Military ranks Quiz the situation. make it back home. The Angolan Armed Forces. 43 Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- 28 44 thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. When the cold war turns hot International Seafarers Day Military Small Arms An incident that nearly led to A day in the life of a seafarer. We show you 15 side arms, you tell us what they are. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. war. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 76 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson PHOTO EDITOR all the weather depart- tleman and I wish him everything Regine Lord ment and tell them to get of the best for his special day. CONTRIBUTORS the Ark out of mothballs. Someone mentioned to me that March in military history C Captain WM Bartie, Robin G. We’re probably going to have a I tend to do a number of articles Coles, Deene Collopy, Ryan flood. on the Sea Cadets. They’re prob- Murphy, Matt O’Brien, Seaman The reason I say this is that it ably right. Now I was never a Head-to-Head Forged in Battle Book Review Piper Pauwels, Matt Tennyson. is 10 February and basically the Sea Cadet, nor was I in the navy. 52 62 75 March issue of Military Des- I was army for my entire military Military Despatches is pub- At the front patches is ready to go. career. World War I Avro Lancaster bomber lished on-line every month. The remarkable story of Gener- There are a number of reasons It’s just that the Sea Cadets are The articles used in Military This month we compare the The RAF bomber that carried al Jannie Geldenhuys. He wsa for this. First of all I was getting cunning. How, you may well ask. Despatches are copyrighted weapons and equipment of the out the night-time bombing regarded by many as one of tired of only completing the mag- Well they take the time to actual- and may not be used without major combatants of World War raids over Germany. the leading military command- azine a few minutes before mid- ly send articles to Military Des- prior permission from the edi- I. ers that South Africa ever pro- Battlefield night on the last day of the month. patches. tor. duced. The second reason is that I have So if you have an organisa- The views stated in this maga- Famous Figures 68 two other magazine that I have to tion, newsletter or even a story zine do not necessary reflect the Ten bloodiest battles Front Cover get ready for March. that you feel would be of interest views of Military Despatches, 58 Third, and probably most im- to “the military enthusiast”, feel Arthur ‘Bull’ Simons These ten battles claimed more the editor, the staff, or Hipe than 11 million casualties. Members of the US Navy portant, I need to do some other free to send it to us and we will Media. The US Army Special Forces SEALS on a training exercise work of the paying variety. do our best to publish it. Colonel best know leading the Gaming off the west coast of America. One of the magazines I’m do- As many of you know, I was Hipe! Sơn Tây, an attempt to rescue ing for March is the quarterly born and raised in Ireland. And P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 US prisoners of war from a 72 issue of ‘Jimmy’s Own’, the of- this month, on 17 March, is Saint South Africa. North Vietnamese prison. SPMBT ficial magazine of the South Afri- Patrick’s Day. So I will be hav- An excellent military simulator can Signals Association. ing a few of my relatives - Un- email that is free of charge. It’s a very special edition and cle Bushmills, Uncle Tullamore [email protected] devoted entirely to Sydney ‘Un- Dew, Uncle Jameson, and Un- Series Review cle Syd’ Ireland who will be cel- cle Paddy - around to celebrate. Back Issues ebrating his 100th birthday on 9 I may even invite my American To view any back issues of 74 March. As far as I know he is the cousin Jack Daniels. Sláinte. Military Despatches, go to Blackadder goes forth last surviving South African sig- www.militarydespatches.co.za Set in the trenches of World naller of World War II. Until next time. or click here. War I, British Army Captain I’ve had the honour and pleas- Edmund Blackadder will do ure of knowing Uncle Syd for a anything to escape the front number of years. He is a true gen- Matt lines. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten to clear the tunnels of enemy, 10 most dangerous military gather intelligence, and blow the tunnels up one by one. Infantrymen, primarily from roles Australia, New Zealand and These are ten military roles in history that you did not want. America, volunteered for the job and became known as ‘tun- ften the mere fact that rowers, could always be relied galleys. Many regarded this as nel rats’. Their motto was the you’re in the military is on. a death sentence because few Latin phrase “Non Gratus Ro- Odangerous enough. This Contrary to popular belief, would survive the battles to dentum” - ”not worth a rat”. is especially true during times ancient galley rowers tended come, or the harsh conditions. The men had to be small and of war. not to be slaves, but were in- Chained to the benches where thin to stand any chance of mak- People serve in the military stead free men who were well they worked, most spent their ing their way through the tight for a variety of reasons. Many respected for their profession. entire short existence confined passageways. will do so because of patriotism The work of the galley row- to the rowing deck. Whenever troops discovered and a sense of duty towards their er was skilled and required high They were unable to wash or a tunnel entrance the area would country. Others see it as an ad- levels of training and coordina- even go to the toilet. It was of- CLAUSTROPHOBIA: A tunnel rat prepares to enter a Viet Cong first be checked for booby traps venture and a test of manhood. tion between each rower. ten said that with the right wind tunnel complex. before a tunnel rat was sent in. Many serve because they In battle the lives of all on direction you could smell a gal- Armed with only a pistol, a don’t have a choice in the mat- board were reliant on the talents ley long before you would see Tunnel Rats and even provinces. This meant bayonet and a flashlight, the ter and are conscripted or draft- of the men rowing the galley. So it. From the 1940s during the In- that the Viet Cong could move tunnel rat would be lowered ed into service. And there are it made sense that ancient navies Unable to move, the rowers dochina War against the French forces and equipment unseen into the tunnel. others that consider it a career. would be reluctant to place their would often develop sores on colonial forces, the Viet Minh and protected. Many of them chose not to Those that serve in a combat lives in the hands of unskilled their body, caused by the fric- created an extensive network of To combat this problem the arm themselves with the stand- role often face greater dangers and unreliable slaves.