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Military Despatches Vol 23, May 2019 Military Despatches Vol 23 May 2019 Operation Ivory Coast US Special Forces raid on Son Tay Talking about tradition The origins of military traditions Head-to-Head Evolution of US Army weapons & equipment Hal Moore Korean and Vietnam war veteran Forged in Battle The FN FAL assault rifle For the military enthusiast CONTENTS May 2019 Page 62 Click on any video below to view Page 62 How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Talking about tradition 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 Forged in battle techno-speak that few The Roman Legion outside the military could hope to under- 34 stand. Some of the terms Features were humorous, some Rank Structure 6 This month we look at the Bra- were clever, while others zilian Armed Forces. were downright crude. Top Ten WW II Fighter Aces The Top Ten Aces by country. 48 A matter of survival Part of Hipe’s “On the 12 This month we’re looking at couch” series, this is an Special Forces - Brazil spear traps. interview with one of Part Three of a series that takes 22 a look at Special Forces units author Herman Charles On the right track Quiz Bosman’s most famous around the world. During the 2nd Anglo-Boer War characters, Oom Schalk 16 the railway lines were vital life 33 Lourens. Hipe spent time in Germany Calling... lines, but there were vulnera- Acroynms A taxi driver was shot ble. That’s where the armoured Propaganda has always played dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area trains came in. This month we’re looking at war between rival taxi plagued with gang an important role in war and military acronyms. Do you some of the broadcasters went know your HALO from your organisations. violence, to view first- 30 hand how Project on to achieve fame or notoriety. HAHO? Saints alive! Ceasefire is dealing with 20 There are no fewer than 314 the situation. Cheyenne Mountain Patron Saints. Every continent, Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- Deep inside a mountain in Col- country, place, occupation, ail- thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. orado, in a huge cavern blasted ment, illness, and danger has a out of solid granite, is a secret patron saint to call its own. And Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. military base. the military is no exception. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 66 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson DEPUTY EDITOR t’s kind of hard to imagine your legs and back. Currently John Verster that this is issue 23 of Mil- I look like the poster child for itary Despatches. That abuse victims. I’m covered in PHOTO EDITOR May in military history I Regine Lord means that next month we will scratches. be two years old. I found the article on ar- CONTRIBUTORS Head-to-Head Forged in Battle Book Review This month I took some time moured trains of the Boer War Paul J. Els, Raymond Fletcher, to slap the website into some interesting. I travelled up to Ryan Murphy, Matt O’Brien, 42 52 65 sort of shape. At least it’s now South West Africa three times Matt Tennyson, Servaas van A Greater Share of Honour looking like a website. You can via train, but never on a troop US Army Weapons & Equipment FN FAL Assault Rifle Breda. The Memoirs of a Recce Of- download all of the back issues train. They were normal civvie We look at the evolution of US It earned the title ‘The right arm ficer by Major Jack Greef is from there and there is also a trains - the good old SAR&H. Army equipment from World of the Free World’. Military Despatches is pub- one of the better books about page with some useful links. This month sees the anniver- War I through to the modern day. lished on-line every month. the Recces. From this month you can also sary of Operation Reindeer. It’s The articles used in Military Battlefield read most of the feature articles hard to believe that it took place Despatches are copyrighted Famous Figures 56 online. 41 years ago. and may not be used without Front Cover In the December 2018 issue Talking about military op- 48 Operation Ivory Coast prior permission from the edi- The FN Fal assault rifle in ac- I mentioned that my cat, Kime, erations, I found the article on On 20 November 1970, US Spe- tor. Hal Moore tion. During the Cold War it passed away in November. At Operation Ivory Coast interest- cial Forces attacked Son Tay, a The views stated in this mag- A veteran of Korea and Viet- was given the title of “The right one stage I had three cats. They ing reading. It was a raid by US camp only 37 kilometres from azine do not necessary reflect nam, Hal Moor rose to the rank arm of the Free World”. were 20, 17 and 16 years old Special Forces in Vietnam to Hanoi, that was believed to house the views of Hipe!, the editor, of lieutenant general. He was when they passed on. free American POW’s. It was a American prisoners of war. the staff, or Hipe Media. an author and recipient of the So late last month I decided text book operation and a great Distinguished Service Cross. that it was time to get another success. Except for one major Hipe! Gaming cat. Well, I got two kittens - a flaw - the prison at Son Tay was P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 62 brother and a sister - from the empty. The prisoners had been South Africa. SPCA. moved almost four months be- IL 2: Cliffs of Dover When I took them for their fore. Good planning, great exe- email Battle of Britain combat flight first inoculations the kind folk cution, poor intelligence. [email protected] simulator. at the SPCA saw me coming. I took two cats in and left with Back Issues Movie Review three, my two kittens and a To view any back issues of 64 Maine Coon kitten. Until next month. Military Despatches, go to Naturally I had forgotten www.militarydespatches.co.za We were soldiers what it was like to have kittens. or click here. Excellent movie on the Battle They do fun things like run up Matt of Ia Drang in Vietnam. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten fore retiring in 1966 with the squadron suspect the figure to Air Medal. rank of air vice marshal. be closer to 60. He is credited with shooting Top Ten WWII Fighter Aces He died on 30 January 2001 He is considered to be the down 40 Japanese aircraft, all at the age of 85. highest-scoring ace on both with the Lockheed P-38 Light- Seeing as how the Top Ten fighter aces of World War II were all German (as were the next 110 aces), we decided to look at the Top Ten Aces by country. Gladiator and Hurricane (35 ning fighter. 8. Marmaduke Prattle victories) fighters. In January 1945 General his month we decid- the Top Ten aces by country. (Member of Parliament). South Africa On 20 April 1941 he took off Kenney, the Far East Air Force ed to take a look at the These then are our Top Ten He died on 22 March 2006 at 40 kills against orders, while suffering commander, sent America’s ace Top Ten fighter aces of Aces of World War II. the age of 85. from a high temperature, to en- of aces home for good. T gage German aircraft near Ath- On 6 August 1945, 26 days World War II. In other words, who achieved the most ‘kills’ 10. Pierre Clostermann 9. James Johnson ens. He was last seen battling before World War II ended, during the war. An ‘Ace’ was France Britain Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy Bong was testing a P-80 Shoot- anyone that shot down five or 33 kills 38 kills fighters. His Hurricane crashed ing Star jet fighter at the Lock- more enemy aircraft. into the sea during this dogfight heed Air Terminal in Burbank, This, however, would have and Pattle was killed. He was California. led to a very one-sided article. 26 years old. The plane’s primary fuel Mainly because the Top Ten pump malfunctioned during fighter aces of World War II 8. Richard I. Bong take off. He ejected but was too were all German. United States low for his parachute to deploy. In fact the top 120 fighter aces 40 kills He was 24 when he was killed. of World War II were all Ger- 6. Mato Dukovac man. Between them they shot Croatia down 16,851 enemy aircraft. 44 kills No less than 448 German fighter pilots would go on to become aces during World War South African born Marma- II. duke Thomas St John Pattle, A total of 116 German pilots DFC & Bar, was better known achieved the incredible feat of as Pat Prattle. shooting down more than 100 He applied to join the South enemy aircraft. No other pilot Joining the Free French Nicknamed “Johnnie”, Air African Air Force at 18, but from any country managed to Air Force in Britain in 1942, Vice Marshal James Edgar was rejected. He travelled to the get to triple figures in terms of Clostermann scored 33 re- Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO & United Kingdom and joined the number of kills.
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