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, IEVIEWS ROil, K. IIlIOWH , "PlUS'OI THE CIA Je>y Mom ...... , ...... 1,,,,,"",,,_. ___, MAJ. G . C. NONTE IIQUIIM'OI THin "ATIONS M. S. M«:"oU ~~ • ,. ._on ot.o -..,..,,.r_ DONALD McLEAN ... -...... 9 -SOlDIII Of fORTUNE INTERV IEW L'...-. COL...... J. COOPER """ ...... ------...... LEE E. JURRAS...... 12 '"lllU.TII OF ... SnLOUT ..JllorlG/ _ ~-... MAJ. AlEX McCOll " ...ClA _ ASSASSUIAnOIt....., OF TtUJILlO Rob
The Plumber's Kitchen: The Secret massive and obviously difficult research fifteen, he joined the regular Army but Story of American Spy Weapons, by which provides good solid data in a field was discharged when his age was Donald 8. McLean, Nonnomt TeebnJcaI which has been prefunctorliy ignored by discovered. Publications, P.O. Drawer N-2, authors not willing to do the homework. He served the Cuban exiles in Florida Wi ckenburg, AZ 85358, $12.95, 8¥.!" x 11", as a gun runner, organizer and guerilla 282 pp., 132 pbotograpbs and The Zambed Salient: Conflict in fighter. When the Vietnam conflict illustrations. Southern Africa, by AI J. Venter, Devin· threatened he reenlisted in the Army and There has always been a gaping hole in AdaiR, Old Greenwich, cr 06870, $12.50, put in for combat duty in Southeast Asia. weapons' history, that of clandestine 5W' x SW', 400 pp. He was seriously wounded when his weapons, and this Venter, a member of the editorial staff helicopter was shot down in the Central very thoroughly of SOLDIER OF FORTUNE and veteran Highlands, where he served with the researched and African war corres· famed First Cavalry Division. After his well-illustrated rtI ll(lf1 II.. ' pondent, evaluates • &IflIIWI In .,..... wounds healed he became an instructor volume goes a long the ideals and at the famed Reconnaissance Conunando way toward filling ~,. - capabilities of the ( Recondo) School at Fort Carson. the void. TIle black African' revo Colorado. Since his discharge he has reviewer has read 1. 9 lutionaries, whe served with distinction first as deputy virtually all the ther he be con and then W'ldersheriff in Teller CoW'lty, works printed in the ~ 't ducting terrorist Colorado. English language raids into northeast Arthur matched wits with the Ton Ton during the 20th Rhodesia or intent century on the Macautes, the assassination trigade of on laying death Haitian Dictator Francois Duvalier in subject of weapons, but this fresh volume dealing landmines 1963, to spirit Clement Benoit, fonner held a surprise or revelation on nearly in the Caprivi Strip. Counsel General, out of Nassau to the every page. Primarily a history of what A lucid picture is presented of how the safety of the United States. when-why and by-whom of the special Communist world - China, Russia, Cuba weapons developed for the secret Office and Algeria support the Thrust into the limelight by this ac· of Strategic Services (and largely still in revolutionaries with weapons and tivity, Arthur was approached by a group use by the C.I.A.), this book presents training, as the conflict gives every in which offered him $90,000 to assassinate technical and historical data in a very dication of expanding into a gigantic race Castro. He turned his back on the entire palatable combination; the hard tech w .... scheme, believing it to have been con· data is there for the advanced ordnance In researching this revealing, timely cocted by the Mafia, which had its own enthusiast, but presented in a non book, Venter visited Rhodesia and score to settle with Castro. technical narrative form for the historian Zambia twice, Mozambique three times Disillusioned by Castro's Russian and casual reader. and even ventured into East Africa for a commitment, Arthur threw in with the As the author points out, the first-hand look at the conditions which CUban exiles, where he met Frank technological advances of the past few relate to the growing conflagration along Fiorini, alias Frank Sturgis, of decades have changed the arts of the borders of Southern Africa. Watergate break-in fame. espionage and intelligence into a peculiar Venter is a correspondent for the DaUy sort of subscience, equipped with its & Sunday Express (London), NBC (New A fascinating adventure story, Glory special, and heretofore secret weapons, York), International Defense Review No More takes you behind the scenes in a tools and devices. (Geneva), and Intelligence Digest well-documented story of CIA, FBI and other underground activites as one man In what amounts to a research coup, (United Kingdom). actually lived it. the author categorically delineates A must for those interested in an area nearly 60 research projects, and the of the world that is likely to witness a secret weapons which sprang from these major conflict in the near future. The Holy War by James A. Thomas, projects to the hands of spies and agents Arlington House, New Rochelle, New in the field. These weapons were a mixed Glory No More, by Mike Wales, Dakar York, $8.95, 9" x 6~", 212 pp. bag, from little black boxes, time bombs, Publishing, 92 Belpre Place West, Written by Dr. James A. Thomas, a clandestine radio gear, disguised Westerville, Ohio 43081, $8.95, 5W' x philosophy professor and Vietnam vet, mWlitions, a wide array of explosive SW', 268 pp. who considers his Combat Infantryman devices (to blast a train, plane, man or Few have .better credentials for a Badge of greater value than his Ph.D., installation), to intelligence gathering " soldier of fortune" than Ed Arthur. Holy War explains how we lost in Korea and transmitting devices, poisons, pen Some men attract and Vietnam without suffering defeat. A guns and plastic explosives - including danger and ex· EOIoRnUfS freshening, though disturbing analysis of one with which an agent can bake citement like a Glory No I'lon.: American military and foreign policy biscuits or blow up a bridge. Silent magnet. Arthur is __ since World War II. Dr. Thomas presents weapons, spring weapons, sabotage one of these. Born =:: a comprehensive analysis of the growth weapons, special weapons and sneaky in Columbus, Ohio, of the Green Berets, and how JFK weapons, all presented in an interesting Ed Arthur has been planned to use them in his effort to historical narrative which is a must for a soldier most of his contain communism, of the problems every weapons' library. life. When he was resulting from the inability of con AU the standard texts have exhibited a only thirteen, he got ventional military men to understand the dearth of material in this area, and the into the Ohio requirements of successfully fighting a author is to be commended for the National Guard. At guerilla war.
3 ANNOUNCING THE ONLY BOOK P UBLISHED ON KNIFE FIGHTING REVIEWS IN 20YEARS! The Wild Geese: The Irish Soldier in Exile, by Maurice N. Hennessy, Devin· Adair, Old Greenwich, cr 0&870, $9.95, Of 5'f.z" x 8Y..:", 228 pp. No other nation has provided the world with more soldiers of fortune and mer· KNIFE FIGHTING cenaries than Ireland. Thousands By David E. Steele fled the English and. assumed the name, The Wild Geese - the same name that IIL,. ,,,,, Steeie's long was adopted by ~~';~~'~~ book on " Mad " Mike I fi g hting leaves Hoare's 5th Com· mando, which room for disappoin t- gained fame in the L Steele an alyzes Congo in the m id· detail of employ GOs. Sometimes they fought each other but knife in combat , their main foe was the British. They charged into every major connict from knifin~~~~,ed:; ~~~u:~n: ~d: :e r awatend r the days of Louis XIV to World Wa r 1I. They founded four navies, were active in utilizes step· by -step gaining independence (or Chile, Peru, " how to" photos. In Mexico and the U.S., formed two brigades during the Boer War, and addition he describes, compares and evaluates [lithl" I , fought for both sides during the techniques of t he middle ages and t he t~;~~'~ ~~~:1 1 American Civil War. Over 60 died at the Bowie, J ohn Styers, and Rex Applegate. Battle of the WUe Big Horn. : ~;:r evaluates a wide assortment of knives from Technique of Safe and Va wl the world. Manipwalion, Desert Publications, Box I 22005, Phoenix, Arizona 85028, $9.95, 11" x CHAPTERS Incl ude: 8", 23 pp. So you don't have your acetylene tanks • The Fighting Stiletto • Improvised Weapons in your gun jeep and want to save your C- • S henth Styles & Sharpening • Knire Fig hting Post 4 for the next guerilla bunker complex. Stones & Present But you still want to see how many Swiss AND MUCH MORF.! francs or gold sovereigns are inside the local bank's safe? Just to confirm the A bout. The Author bank's books are in order, of course. This fact-packed manual provides the inside Dnvid Steele holds n moster's dope on manipulating safes, 75 "' of which 175 Pages can be opened by the techniques degree in Poli ce Science. He hos 160 Photos descri~ herein. Reconunended for the served liS ri fl e and pistol instruc· Watergate Fi\le. Hardcover - 515.95 tor fo r the Nntionol Ririe Sortcover - 57.95 Assoc., nnd os s upervisor for the URGENT ••• Police Wenl)O nS Center Project This Information Could Save Your Ufe! ot. t.he Int.e rnationol Assoc. of (Colo. resident.s odd WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH Chiefs of Police. Steele. on ac • ' .. MIU'ooo ..llIIVU • ,ItOfIT 30/0 Soles Tllx) .IILVU:-GQI.D . 1I(Ulrt' complished fencer , has written • " 11.1M.li.T .. I't'OIN 'MUH . IN INT'IN DIN O severnl books on sma ll orms. $;1_ MoodGliloft, a •• ~ 0"..--...... , ... ",.. lei o, I.GoId s..-dayd.. ' .", ..., _, r ...... _ _ SURVIVAL U.S.A. "'", ...... _, Order Today , .. ~ , ...... ,.ol•• ,_, , ~ oId;n.;J Swlt. , ... , .." .... Hill. 9Ql" ..k "o •• o.h.. from: l. M... . c..hn..nlo .:IO ~ I Phoenix Associates ~~-w._ .... 71~ ..' ... . 7 7 1 • • • ~,.1 P .O. Box 837 - Dept SF .... "IoftModaIiIoft. IondM ~ __'o"'" Arvada, Colorado 80001 I'ot , ...... __ .... _1."" 0..'" .. ".n' .... '. '0 ... n._,." !+eM. 2._...... Senolc. '" .. 1Ioo .. N _ .....
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5 I REQUIEM FOR THREE NATIONS by Alexander M.S. McCoa
The dlalllrou. evenu of the lut mOll ih In m.jority of the Americ.n people to tbe cold brd Soutbeut Alii are not only In apPllling bumln f.cu; tr.gedy for tbe peoples 01 Clmbodll IDd South _ Th.t freedom lto'l free, DOr It .ecurity iD VIe IDIIII , the)' are also witbnut que.1Ion the moat Pl'Ol'perily. Both a~ • fundilla of the wlJdom, aerioua ddeat aI. We.tern ChrbleodoGl iD • ruolptiOll aDd toqhDe" cI. n.tional ludership, ,enerIIiOll, IDd the fln.1 requiem aI. the United b.cke4 up by the eout',e, fiTepower, dltcipllDe and States as • Gre.t Power. It 11 DOW, finally, mlde loy.lty of the Armed Forees; clear beyond dopbt tb,t wben It comes to hfllpln, _ Tb.t the collective M!curity lt iDdivltlble, th.t lUiea in dlItrell, the United State. 11 I .elf· . ppeuement of 'IIIrenors II criminal foUy, alld clltr.ted piper tiler liDce Ill. peOpIt collectively th.t there ismofl\ly nothing to cboose between tbe lack the WWlII&D,,1 to m.ke tbe Iou,b declsiona and Communist aDd Nui forms of t)'rllllll'; to uke 011 the hu.rd.Ji .nd hlrdlhI9. required oflbe - Tb.t tre.son .Dd tediUon .re in t.eI crimt., role to wbleb hiatory hll called Ill. We are too .Dd there is. dt,,"" "yood wbleb)'O\! dn not .buse corrupted b)' our own prolpent)' and. nabb, the moult 011 the Army lad reUiD It u .n effective thiDkiDg. iDl:lrument 01 pnUc)'. For thia, II mucb u for br.ve eomrldu fallen In Second, iD ju.tice to tho.e wbo died, Itt III bope battie Ind for the tena of mUllolII of Innoeent th.teventuaUy, .nd tbe looner the better, those wbo clvill.ns betr.yed b)' our country', weaknesl of by their aid .nd comfort tottle enemlu 01 their n., Iplrtt Into tbe merclle .. tyunny of the H.llni .nd country so gre.1ly cootributed to the defest 01 regime, Itt u. bow our headl In SOITOW DOt a little their country . nd the enslavement of thlrt1 mlllloo tinled with ahlm • . peoplt, are required to .Mwer for their treason.. But lei III DOt de.palr. It II Indeed a time lor Thlrd,let UI bope that next Un1e round, Le., ODe or mOlll'tliq;, but.lao. tlmeforrenewai of Filth, Hope two yura from now , .nd in the Phillpplne Republic, .nd Love, thete tllt-ee. we will have • little leu aI. pieeemealiDg and "Now FIlth Ia the a ..urance of thiDiI hoped for, be.ltation In blgb places, ,00 quite. lot Ie... 01 the convletinn of thl.na:1 not leen." F.lth In wbtT treuonln tbe media, the h.UI ofCOI'I,ru. and iD the Fir.t, faith iD the workln,p of Pl'OY idellce, in tbe .lreelt. ultlm.te victory, OIIe '11", or the otber, of Right . lId Love. There i. more to love than carn.llust and Truth and Ju.tlce. Secood, faith iD the rlJhteoulne.. warm, sudsy emotion. "G~ster IIlve batb no m.n, 01 O\lI'CIUM, that lJ, faith that ind]'kiuII UbertT and thin that be I.)'down bb llfefor bb frieAdJ." We are dlgnlO', Ind the rljht even CllmaU, poorly defended .pelldng bere of lJUe b oId·f ..hiooed , almOit countrlt. on the olber .ide 01 the ,lobe to nve forgotten word ... COUfI,e, loyally .nd dllcipline, without fear of cOllqueat and eDJlavemenl, are DOt .nd I wllUnpell _ even .t the eolt aI. eomforubie OIIly mor.lIy right, but worthy of • person.1 com Ind profluble clvUi.n pur.ui~ _ 10 Uke onto ooe'. mitment thlt Inelud" takina; on the risk of deatb In own .houlders the blurdl and h.rd.hip. of plain battle. ThIrd, filth in ouraelvel, II men Ind hard Infantry soldlerina; so that the priceie .. w.rrion, lawful iDheriton: of those who bave ,nne be ritage for whlcb our f~lathen fought aDd died before .lId 1l00d their around on the ramparb 01 may DOl perLIh. dvillnUon, from Tbermop),lae tn RoncelV.U" to Without theM! Ih!ni', wltbnul I re,eneration In the Valley For,e and YO!'ktown, Antietflm and Belleau .pltlt cI. faith, hope .nd Inve, the Bicentennial 11 Wood, Dunkirk Ind Bir HakeilD , Corre&ldor and merely In exerclte In eommerel.lhed DOItal(ia, ButolDe, Pork Chop HUi .nd Olen Bien Phu, ,nd • joke In r.tber bad talte. But wltb thia kind of Bud.pest . nd Chu Pong MouilUin, tb.\t whatever f.lth, hope . nd love, .nd I blu iD , determiD lIIOli mlY be the w!lklle.. " .nd COWlrdlce of the "Now thlt It shill not hlppen IIliD, we may yet m.ke il, Gener.tion" and the ageolAquarlu., the", are yet a Ind even be able to celebrate our Bicentennlal few whowm at.nd up l od be eouoted, even under the without Ibme. ,un, of the enem),. SOmourn, but do not despair .... Hope b the reverse aI. despair, and the new. In these later dl),' ,tves little aeope for It. For wblt .hllI we hope? We .re put the age of miracle •. Kalamazoo, MI~hIj:.n Fir.t, let u. h. th.t thLI dl.!111l1er wUl Iwaken • Sund.y, April 13, 1t'1$ • Publitatians Far Iduenturer
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As C4m /JQJiIJ jell und Vi""tlm was 196'·66. /-It felt bis small businus in plane 10 /Iy 10 !)gigo n. The f unds were not lofling. /I group 0/ American Vietnam lVatertown, New York to fou nd the fo rtbcoming. !letrranl organhed, offering to figlJl If. I'. V. on AprillOlh. O",raling out of a Saigo n foil. Bonner anti bis staff began alo ngsitle the remaining ARVN forces - small "ouse in D. c., be Wil S assisud by Iwo resenrc/)ing otber projects sucb as in ' lor no poy! They slated Ibot if Saigon fell, Special Forces v"erons, }Ofl Belisario and filtrating inlo Laos to rescue U.S. POW's Ibey UlOUIJ nol be 'IIIUUllteti but would George Boca". TIH nal;onal media /ocused and chartering a sbip to pick up Vi,t· carry Ollt gueri/lil operations against Ib, in on Ihe V. V. V., and in a fow weds Ihe nlllfle.s, refugus the U.S. Navy I,ft behind. co mmuniSIS. S01.DlER OF FORTUNE 11. 1'. V. could co unt 2, 500 volunteers/rom O'lce IIgain, lack 0/ / untis and time 11'11$ intrigued 10 fi lld thaI there were so me IIIJ Oller tbe co unlry as well as 200 precluded action. After Saigo n /,11, BOIlIl" . 'hurd cort" left tlnd fow to tbeir t'Olunleers from Ca nada. and "is staff contacted embassies 0/ Was/JinKlOn, D.C. luodquilflers 10 brinK co untries Ibrtalrmed by communist· you (l fi rst hal/d report oj lheir l utile but As tbe silualion in Indo·Cbina sponsored "Iiberalion m ovements. " /lallalll ello rt . ('ele riorated, Bonner decided 10 actillQ/e Ban lief managed 10 squeeze in a sbo rt tl" "76 Brigade, " in bopes that as tbe inlerview witb SO,.. be/ore it became ap· The Veterans and Volunteus lo r vofunlters arril/ed in staging areas on the parenl I/)al IlJe V. V. V. effort was a "no· Vietnam was fo unded by BtJ,t S. Bonner, easl all d west coats, funds could IH ob· go . Subsequently. SOF interlliewed fo rm er u.s. Murine who served in Nam in lained f rom private SO Uf'CfJ 10 cbllrter a Bclisario anti Bacon.
Our Informonts told us lhol the CIA would We Irled 10 sell our concept to Thollond, I.e .. If the Communists Invade Korea or any oln« have t,led 10 prevent us from le(Jvlng - one on American Volun leer Group ... th at would nol/on. we will ocl/vole Ihe V. V. V. and o(ler way or anolher - possibly coming up w llh work wllh Ihe Tha I governmenl ogolnsl 'he them our servIces. some phone y (dminol (norges. Communlsllnsurgerocy.
9 I SOy: 00 you blow wllf,t lllat ''''''''''', I.o! I vvv . .. -'-e: No, I do not SOY : 11 theft "'Y ~bWt;y that the SOl', You hive -.cl U\III. V.v.V. d>anoe for \be ''''lk1pde'' 10 moblllle. Americ:en lOY_t ~t put IlleIl\beq .;u fi&/II. wltlIout pr,r. But Wilb Ibe ,.u 01. &ligon. we Iool
Aa thli Is beina: wriltm, mlIIlona of the sIIlp, on tile Island of PIII,I Quae th!n Imnan ..lIp;InIi.billly to commit • 1arge ~ who we aWed with ...:I were (and ue) over 40,000 rd~_, _ Ie American effort to actlW!l¥ pnlmIJecIlo llid IIICI deftncl apInoi U. inl:1adiDc Amak:au ~ n _Ie and aid U- WlfortlNIe cJob'.l ~ ..u.1IihI ~ In IICheI" dtiIlaD pIt ...... 1 tonriD(I, peopk, Uien ani IlnIIIt7 fIInctIonal A~a~~ination or Trujillo by Robert Roman CqJyright 1975 Our /luthor 'J /ife typifies Ihal 0/ many a u'IlS nOI even co urt murtill/ed. as bis Jo/dUlr 0/ /o nu"e, pllrticuwrJy in b;1 co m pun)' co mmundt r fo und his mis untrrinN ability to pidt ,lJe losing side. He adventure amusinll. jim suu/IlClion at age 16, in lVorld lVo, /1, Nut cam e tbe Czribbelln lind Central in the Mereboll/ Mar;"e, U"/Jefl he ma"ned America. N e we nt to wo rk fo r tbe late /J 20-lIIm ~un und sho/the loi/assem bly oil Tllcbo SlJ moza. dictulor 0/ Nica rllgua , liS a II pltmt during an air raid in New Guint a. ··co nsu/Ulrtt . ·· Tucho u:as later H is/till U'IlS 1101 applauded. however, since 1lS$llsstna/ed. 71)e re WIlS also II 1Iint as lin it !I'll! un A merical! pkl",. outomalic u.'f!upons· instructor. with a lie/oJ/owed IIJ1lI up by jour years in tbe GlIllte mu/un uile army fed b)' Cu rios M .:Irillt$, Stl rv;nK mllinly in China, u:/Jen ea/ilio Annos. lie IlfS() got in lhe way 0/ fbI) U.S. madl) Q va;" ello n 10 prop-up the s() l1lebody's bullet. Nationalist " gim t. It was during this lime, ROl1lun WIlS now ready lor the big lime U'lJile sellin): , iKorelles lind .45 's. on tbe - be joined tbe service 0/ rbe lale bluck murlee/ .tiJal beldl in wilh II General Genero/issimo Ra/ael uonidlls Trujillo, ChlHf. (l priuute U'arlord u:/Jo commll" d,d Q Henefoaor de III PII/ria y Plldn de la Patria sIIIull army called the Cht/oo Brigade. Ou r Nlievil. aKain us II • 'co nsul/Ilnl. " Today be Mllrine PFC wen' A .W.OL (lnd was wo rks/or ano/ber fo reign power u Jlllged in proll/uud to . 'captain " in tbe brigade - ulifo und dea/h st ruK/lle: needless /0 SIlY, u/Jid) /4'as promptly Il nnihi/JIted by the Dldatar Generallnlmo Rofoel Trujillo. bis side is losinK. 0/ his cll reer as a soldier Cbinue CommuniSls. Brell/bless but two yeors befor. he WOI assassInated by 0/ fo rtune. Ramon says cbeer/ully, "1 Im sCll rrtd, be rejoined Ibe Milrin u lind prO/fles ' 01 the CIA. sho t"d /}a/-'t blJU II lino/eum sillesman. ·· 14 TRUJILLO • • • reached its destination). Murphy realized the error of his ways and made It was really a very stupid way to these little scenes. A lot of people died plans to leave the country. Too late. He assassinate somebody. Two cars because of what happened that day in went off a cliff into the sea, assisted by followed the 1957 Chevrolet down May 1961 and the responsitIlity is theirs. one Octavio de la Maza, on orders of Avenida George Washington and ahead However, there's no denying that the Trujillo, who resented being accused of were two cars waiting to intercept it . Old Man, in many ways, brought it on the Galindez kidnapping. The State However, as later reconstructed . no real himself. He was the Big Daddy of the Government got very upset and effort was made to block the highway and Caribbean and delighted in stirring up demanded a full investigation. I helped the Olevrolet could have sped right on the natives - Venezuela, Guatemala, prepare an investigative report sent to through. Instead, when the first shots Haiti, anything within range. At one point the American Embassy but I probed into were fired, the car's lone passenger he developed a dandy feud with Cuban that case very gingerly, afraid of what I ordered the car to slop, got out and dictator Fulgencio Batista. W e was might find and add myseU to the daisy started banging away with his pistol. His rather complicated during that period. chain of deaths. assailants were using American I got rather confused when our De la Maza had liquidated MuqilY, on automatic M-2 carbines and he was propaganda apparatus began blasting '· orders, of course, but the trail led riddled. 'That was the end of the Era of Bastista as a Communist. It was even straight to him. The Embassy demanded Trujillo. of Generalissimo Rafael more confusing when Trujillo brought in action. They got action, but not what they Leonidas Trujillo Molina, and of my job. a swarm of Cuban rebels, some of them expected. TrUjillo had de la Maza thrown The place was the Dominican Republic real Communists, and armed and trained in jail and charged with murdering but it could have been almost anywhere. them. He went further and began to run Murphy. De la Maza was understandably Virtually everybody connected with arms and anuno into Cuba. Later, Fidel annoyed at his situation a nd announced Castro was to find them very useful. the assassination is now dead. But there One he was going to tell all . He apparently of the pilots ferrying around the Cuban was one eyewitness to the scene. He was changed his mind because he strangled Gen . Arturo Espaillat, former chief of rebels and the guns was a loud-mouth himself in his cell. De la Maza was a romanticist who thought he was Captain Trujillo's military intelligence and one of trawny character and had to be assisted his closest advisers. By a strange Midnight. His name was Gerald Lester on his way by a haU-doz.en strongbacked Murphy. As a mercenary, Murphy was a coincidence - a very strange coin· secret police. cidence - Arturo was out for a drive that disgrace to our trade. I still get chills - like right now - It was about that time that the evening and wandered right into the when I think about epioodes like that and ambush. He desttibed it this way : Galindez case broke - specifically, howdamned dangerous it was to work for March 12, 1956. Yo u may remember it: a man like Trujillo. I must have been out "Trujillo's Olevrolet was parked Jesus Galindcz, head of the Spanish of my mind. I was an absolutely loyal in the center of the four.lane high· Basque revolutionary movement in trujlJlista. Yet, I knew that loyalty with way. On the right was a car facing North America disappeared. Trujillo him didn't work both ways. He might in the same direction as the was blamed for it generally and Arturo reward you lavishly one day and send Olevrolet. On the left was another Espaillat, then Consul General in New you over a cliff the next - not out of car with bright headlights which York, was accused specifically. The anger or any emotion but just out of sheer illwninated the scene. A third car media had a field day. expediency. Yel, the sheer danger of was beyond and to the right, facing Then came the Murphy incident. It working for that tiger had an exhilirating TrujillO'S car. I could see men seems that Murphy had been boozing it quality. Maybe I'm a masochist? firing furiously at the figure who up in the bars and bragging that be had Publicity about Galindez and Murjily ~aggered into the beam of the kidnapped Galindez, though in fact, the continued and so did political pressure on headlights. The Old Man fired a CIA had (The CIA was perturbed that of Trujillo. The de la Maza incident was last bullet, then pitched forward on the million plus dollars given to Galindez largely ignored. But one who didn't his face. Trujillo was dead." to funnel to the Basques, ooly $500,000 forget it was his brother, Antonio. It was And with that, Arturo used to say, he spun the car around and drove off to give the alarm. He also took over the Dominican Republic - at least tern· porarily. Arturo moved swiftly. He drove directl y to the home of Gen. Jose Roman and seized him. Roman was leader of the Dominicans involved in the conspiracy and was to have become provisional president after Trujillo. Roman was hauled into the intelligence center behind the National Palace and was told to start talking. He did and - before he was finally finished off by expert torturers - implicated scores of people. What happened next was not nice. I have seen that sort of thing in various parts of the world - otherwise ordinary people suddenly convulsed by a oort of blood frenzy. Perhaps the potential is there in all of us and certainly the U.S. Government, as represented by the Th" Is rhe 1957 Chevrolet Trujillo W05 riding In wh,," h" W05 ombo5hed. HI5 tend"ncy fO follow Central Intelligence Agency and the a predse schedule ond roures of trovel mode hIm ony eosy morlc for hIs (lA·5ponsored on05· State Department is not above setting up sins. 15 Antonlo ~ Uo Maza wbo ...... ","y figure ..me Irea. WLmpy'l markel "01 flying bad, hi! plano mHlng a stopover In the group ltuitliquidoted 'lhJ)ilIo and It primarily I&'Ieful for motbu ~: i:I New York. He'D be ocooped up tbert I is wry lRt.ble thai the lint CIA C ------~ ~----~------~------~ IN1IODUClHG THE NEW PAl. &l.rkYII..... (:I,.. J"" t...tIoe ...... HLY 544.'5 T1M'At. MaN VII ...... _I _itll of • _hloo... . aI ..... ft ...... ity .Iu.. u.- ...... Ihll ..pI .c.t ..... oritllo.1 ...... 1 COY .. 10 ,...... 1eI _"II", ,I.I~ .... ich ellm!" .....11 _ ....."" "'-- ...... rifle _ Ih", ...... " .....,,,"" . _. of ..10 .....il. fi';...... -. of .-...I.. Ace.,.. W ...... rIAp. Phoeni x Associates Box 837 - Dept. SF·' • Arvada, Colo. 80001 ~ ------ 17 The Aborted Flight of THE WIL~ (jEE~E Col. "Mad" Mike Hoare and His "Meres" Attempt To Invade Angola or The Wild Geese Hove Their Wings Clipped by Devin Senson Colonel Mike Hoare. Commondlng Officer of 5 Commando 01 towo River In 'he Congo. 18 Afrlcln w:urtty potkle _ told bllll the 111 !be """'" or 1174, ~ _ -". IInaroc:lna plwo e~ from olUllI!e4 .<11 .ppe.red In lueUn, d¥lll. of !be dllb ....mel be \pIr«I lbe prill and han lament fnom IIHr",Ip''' In London, P.rk and 1_ ,>gill, Ill/ GI ,"" G"""" mo«< -. ,I>G< '" w<>undo ,_...-. <>I ,"" 5 C-.".,;" P""" ... ,~ ,o. ,.. " 0"...... 0>"""""", .50 «>I. ".....,.. modI/,," ~"" roo> ,.,...I In ~'''''''''"" In evaluating the various abortive them, could finance a full scale till Independence then all bell merce operations, one of our contacts in merce army. To take Mocambique breaks loose if not before. Southern Africa reports: would take at least 4,000 mercs FRELIMO has only the backing of over a six month period. Of course, a minority, representing a single "My friend 'Pierre' who saw should ex·Green Berets be northern tribe. Several guys here service with 5 Corrunando, the available in say half that quantity, are already dealing in arms to Rhodesian Ught Infantry, and in then we could take it in three FRELIMO opposition, so if Malawi, reported the lalest merc months. FRELlMO makes and offer say effort was sponsored by a group of The economics of s uch an 'No!' Mocambique is destitute. disgruntled Mocambique business operation are staggering. Seven Nobody trades in their currency. men who were making another hundred officers controlling 4,000 Russia sent in a couple of boat feeble try to put together a merc meres averaging $2,000 per month loads of arms - mostly AK's - of army. over a six month period would cost which 70 .. vanished from the docks. The call for meres may yet go out at $5,640,000. And that's just It was s upposed to go to out but I doubt U the funds will be salaries! That's why I take all this FRELIMO. Ha. Ha ." available. The proverbial, bullshit with a bit of salt. No person Will the " Wild Geese" fly again? The mysterious 'millionaire' never or group of persons could launch meres feel its not " ir' but " when" and materializes. Somehow these such an operation and sustain it. "where." monkeys lose sight of the fact that South Africa is 'stable' for at no millionaire, let alone a dozen of least a year. Mocambique I'll give Colonel 'Mod Mike· Hoore addresses a gathering of mercenary ve/eron, of his 5 Commondo. celebrOllng tile 10th onnlversory of the liberotlon of Slonleyvllle. The nome. 'Wild Goose.' wos originally given to Ihe Irish mercenaries who fought with dlstltlcl/on for three centuries 011 over Ille world. 21 How does an American become a mercenary in Africa? Why would one want to? I found the answers to both of these questions and a few more when I visited Rhodesia during the spring of 1974 . While in Madrid, co-authoring a book on the CIA and Cuban exiles, I received a lengthy letter (rom " Mitchell McNair," describing his experiences chasing terrorisls on the Rhodesian-Zambian Mozambique border, as a member of the mercenary-staffed British South African Support Unit. A nom de guerre is ap propriate in order to preclude McNair from being hassled by the fed eral authorities when he returns to the U.S. American Work on the book was abruptly ter minated when my partner was ordered to Usbon to cover the coup in Usbon. I decided to tag along and we roared into Usbon in his 1969 red Matra, 12 hours after the coup. When it became apparent Mercenaries he would be covering the Lisbon scene for an indeterminate time, I caught a flight to Salisbury via J oaMesburg. I wanted to take a first hand look at Rhodesia 's nasty little "terrorist" war and see if t cou1d link up with McNair whom I had corresponded with over the years but had never meL By chance, McNair returned from a In six-week patrol in the bush while I was in Salisbury. We met and spent days together, during wh ich we reconned the terrorist-infiltrated northeast frontier area around Mt. Darwin. McNair's story of how he ended up hunting terrorists or " terrs" as the Rhodesians call them, is one of perseverance. He had alternated several semesters in college with race car driving In Australia and England and finally gave up the books. Over the next five years he jacked around as a longshoreman, off-shore roughneck, deep sea diver and professional hunter. He decided combat would be a good test of his mettle, but was rejected by the U.S. Army because by of arthritis. Then he discovered Rhodesia was involved in a nasty little-known war with communisl-ftUlded. trained, and equipped terrorists. Maj. Robert K. Brown (USAR) He ap plied for the Rhodesian Army's OCS program but was rejected as being over-age. He journeyed to Rhodesia at his own expense in hopes of obtaining a waiver on his age but once again was turned dO~1l . Subsequently he joined the Rhodesian national police. or British South Africa Police (BSAP), a tiUe the Rhodesians have carried over from their previous association with the British. Though McNair had had no fonnal military or police experience, he was only required to complete four weeks of coun ter-insurgency training, due to his wide ranging background and familiarity with smaU arms. He later attended the BSAP small anns school and driving school. As might be expected, McNair 22 African Rhodesian assasslnared by communlsr·sponsaredr8IT0I"15rS . -.. • - -• , requested assignment to the hottest spot Subsequently, McNair was in the in Rhodesia - Mt. Darwin, a small Mukumbura base camp when it was hit I agricultural center near the border of with an attack of 122mm Russian Rhodesia and Mozambique, that was manufactured rockets. On 18 September being infiltrated by terrs, staging out of 1973, his Land Rover hit a land mine Zambia a nd Mozambique. while he was leading a reaction force to Af ter six months of police duty, Mc counter an attack on a white fanner's Nair requested transfer to the BSAP compound. Though it demolished the Support Unit. Somewhat unique in the vehicle, McNair escaped with a slight annals of military history, the elite concussion and a temporary eye injury. Suppo rt Unit is staffed with between 30 to Perhaps, at this point, I should mention 40 European meres and 300 black that the word mercenaries or "mercs," Rhodesians at this time. Their sole as they are called in Southern Africa, mission is trackin g down and eliminating often conjures up a picture of grizzled, \.errs. devil-may-care troo pers who fought in " I received an immediate approval on the Congo, in Biafra, the Sudan and other my transfer request as the local Support African hotspots. Unit instructor had seen me operate in However, the Americans, Australians, the bush," McNair explained. " I also had New Zealanders and Europeans serving a reputation of being a damn good shot." with the Rhodesians, are part-and-parcel McNa ir commanded eight Mricans as of the Rhodesian security forces and an acting section officer. During the next subject to the same type of rules and year, he and his section spent most of regulations utilized by any modern ar their time on six-week patrols in the my. Above : Supporl Unll personnel dh mount from 0 South A/rlcon""onu/oclured 'Rhlno ' - 0 vehlde deSigned /orcombol ln Ihe bush. le/I: Front view of Ihe Rhino, Design oJ/ows driver ond IrOOps increosed vis lblflly. 8elow: McNo ir 'reloKes ' on leove. by spend· ing his lime w ith 0 former on Ihe lerr·lhreal. ened fronller. He cordes a .45 aula in shaul· der holsler, The farmer holds 0 M ouser ,aken desolate, wild Zambezi Valley which olf 0 German officer during WWI. coun ts more rhino, buffalo and elephants than humans. This valley serves as a natural buffer between the Zambeli River and where 750,000 Africans and 13,000 whi tes li ve on a rich fanning plateau half-a-mile a bove the valley. In the ensuing months, McNair had a steady diet of hot , dusty, patrolling which was interspersed wi th a few hou rs of violent action. In July 1973, a band of " terrs" kid napped 250 children [rom the S1. Alberts mission and attempted to spirit them back to their sanctuaries in Zambia. " We were ordered to rescue the students and were able to effect the release of most of them," McNair recollected. "When the terrs have to resort to this type of coercion, it's damn hard to understand that people who oppose the Rhodesian government can really believe the terrs have the support of the mass of the black Rhodesians." The enemy are black terrorists, who a loud explosion where he had noticed the Headquarters in Salisbury. While in the infiltrate across the northeast frontier to movement," McNair chuckled. "Ap bush, they live out of their 60 lb. packs, attack the white farmers and intimidate parently. the terr held the grenade and and supplement their dried ratioos by the black Rhodesians. Normally, they threw the pin !" shooti ng game. No daily chopper operate in squad-size units, a nd employ Rhodesian troo pers also have a low resupply, like in Vietnam. assassination, mutilizatioo, arson, rape regard for the Portuguese, who decided The R-1 , the South Arrican manufac and looting to obtain their ends. to ca ll it quits in Mozambique. tured version of the 7.62mm FAL assault The terrs are well-armed with com " They didn't want to go into the bush," rifle, is their main weapo n. They also munist-manufactured and supplied small McNair stated. "They we re as road have a few 1941 Mark II Bren guns which arms, including the venerable AK-4 7, bound as the U.S. troops in Vietnam. We have been altered to take the 7.62nun RPG rocket launchers and a variety of carry the fight to the enemy. When we round . Support Unit persoMel carry a communist-manufactured iandmines. get a lead on a terr band, we track them variety of pistols and occasionally can be There have even been Wlconfirmed down." seen with a 9m.m Sterling SMG or SMG reports of hand-held, heat-seeking Strella The BSAP Support Unit was initially captured from the terrs. missiles being employed against staffed by hardened wh.ite merc vets Terrs are not the only enemy in the Rhodesian aircraft. from the Congo in the mid-siJ:ties, and bush, McNair points out. Almost McNair and his comrades hold the given a mission of riot control. Their everyone contracts bilharzia, a Armed w;tn tne R· I. tne Sou/h Afr/can v..-.;on of tne FAl ossoul/ rifle. memben 01 Ine eli/e merc·s/affed aSAP's Supporl Unll. check oul 011 Afrlcon Kraol. Casuol o/I/re belles e/fecl/veness. lerr's courage in fire fights and general miSSion was changed to providing microscopic parasite which enters the combat effectiveness in low regard. For security and ceremonial functions when body through the skin upon contact with the most part, the terr's have avoided Rhodesian leaders determined the unit's stream or lake water . any pi tched battles, preferring hi t-and personnel had quelled riots with ex "The little bastards flow through the rWl attacks on isolated farms and attacks cessive force. However, wi th the in blood stream to the liver, where they on unarmed blacks. McNair points out crease of te rr activity, the Suppo rt Unit incubale for six to eight weeks," McNair that the terrs are inept marksmen and was committed to a full-time anti-lerr noted. "Then they attacked the nervous stupid, as well. Wh ile in Rhodesia, one of mission. system, making you listless and the stories making the rounds of the mess Eight troops make up the Support Uni t, sluggish." ha lls, concerned an attack on a vehicle and each troop consists of four sections of "There are many species of bilharzia," drive by a white farmer . eight or nine Africans and one white McNair continued. " I was infected twice, "The farmer noticed movement in the section leader. Their normal routine but kicked it with medication. 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MaJoc Nick Lamprecht, a Recruiting schools, letters of commendation As is the case with most low-level in Officer for the Rhodesian Army, told me and recommendation, as well as a surgencies, the lerr war in Rhodesia all volunteers must pass a two-hour in copy of your DD2H). finds most of the counter-insurgent terview conducted by five field grade forces frustrated by the continued game officers. British South Africa Poliee d. hide-and-seek with the enemy. Weeks " There is oot much difference between 1. A two-tour Vietnam Special Forces and months of daily patrols and nightly our operational procedure and that of the veteran, who is emigrating to Rhodesia, ambushes may result in nothing more British or Australians," Lamprecht reports the following : than sore feet and distaste for dried suggested, " We are much more 'ground rations. Obviously, it is not a job for the oriented' than the American Army. We a. He has been appointed a section £aint-of-heart or the impatient. do not use air and artillery to the degree leader with the BSAP Support you did in Vietnam.lfwe take fire from a Unit; A superintendent of the BSAP told me kraal, we go in and get the sniper." b. Pay equivalent to $1600 that most recruits are obtained by word " We prefer single men," Lamprecht American dollars per month, of-mouth as the U.N. sanctions against continued, "as we have found that wives which can be paid into a foreign Rhodesia have precluded establishing have difficulty in adjusting. Volunteers bank (The Support Unit's anti recruiting offices or advertising in must be fit, rough and capable of terrorist mission requires six-week fCl'eign countries. operating effectively on their own or in patrols in the bush, a week break, " Mter we put together a com small groups. We also prefer volunteers and another six weeks in the bush. prehensive file on a volunteer and he is who will accept a three-year tour of duty; We assume that this is the ex accepted, he is invited to Rhodesia," the who will make a good Rhodesian." planation for the comparatively Superintendent noted. "We pay all travel Additional information may be 0b high rate of pay.); expenses in advance, or reimburse the tained by writing to: c. Upon acceptance, the BSAP will volunteer once he arrives. If the pay your air fare to Salisbury and volunteer fails to pass the interviews Recruiting Officer will provide you, in advance, with a with the Recruit Selection Board, we British South African Police Rhodesian passport; refer him to the irrunigration depart General Headquarters d. Immigrants are not subject to ment. If he cannot find employment or P.O. Box 8007 income taxes for two years. desires to return home, the Rhodesian Causeway Personal possessions, including goverrunent will repatriate him at Salisbury, Rhodesia cars may be imported duty-free j goverrunent expense." and e. This vet submitted his ap It was pointed out that the BSAP is Recruiting Officer plication in early February and primarily looking for young men willing Army Headquarters received confirmation of ap to be trained. P.O. Box 77'}JJ pointment on 18 March. The BSAP Depot, home of the Support Causeway Unit, is a large complex housing some Salisbury. Rhodesia General Comments 3,000, and includes training facilities, a 1. Personal weapons may be imported if sports field , recreation areas and an you have been accepted into the security auditoriwn. ADDITIONAL INFORlttA TION Training courses vary in length. forces. The price of handguns is high. An American serving with the BSAP Sup Regular patrol officer recruits attend a Rhodesian Army port Unit was offered $700 American basic course for four and a half months, which is followed by a two-week course at 1. Completed application and medical dollars for his GJ. issue .45. the driving school, where one learns to form should be accompanied by cer 2. All imported items are expensive. handle both Land Rovers and motor tified, true copies of the following : Therefore, it wouJd be wise to take a cycles in all types of terrain. large quantity of film, a camera, tape Basic training covers physical a. Birth certificate. recorder, radio, etc., with you. Scotch is training, hand-w.hand combat, close b. Two references (We would scarce and high-prlced. order drill, police procedure, accident suggest obtaining these from investigation, counter-insurgency, first superior NCO's or officers). ~ aid, radio procedure, typing and riot control. BSAP personnel serve tours with the Police Anti-terrorist Units (PATU), which consist of four Ewoopean of ficers and one African constable. They receive extensive training in small unit with operations, patrolling ambush and counter-ambush tactics and combat fire techniques, before being committed. " " Once chosen, these men are grouped into , , teams who remain together during further training and operations. Ad I n emervency. vanced training includes bushcraft, camounage and concealment technique, FITS EASILY IN PURSE OR POCKET courses in map-reading, terrorist '24 99 AOD 5S 00 fO~ 1S ROUIllOS AIllO P~IPAIO ONLY , IIIIW~!OOHlVI~Y IIIOCOO S PlEASE procedures and immediate action drills. Apparently, the recruiting procedwoe DEFENDER DEPT. - NEW . 19720 has been relaxed a bit, and the pay scale 27 Cooper On Rhodesia On olte.. nati" u.s. state I Rhodesia, since what is now known as Zambia was then Northern Rhodesia. It is the size of California, and lies about as far south of the equator as the Valley of Mexico lies to the north. It is an open land of big distances, but almost entirely wooded, without any true desert. Its highlands reach 8500' on its eastern frontier with Mozambique, and its lowlands form the Zambezi trench on the north. Its southern border with the Republic of South Africa is open and friendly. To the southwest lies Botswana, at present reasonably secure. But nor thwest, north, and east there is danger. The President of Zambia wants to in vade. and with the 1974 coup in Portugal, Mozambique may be expected to change from a disordered guerrilla territory into an organized enemy state, directed from the Chicom base at Dar-es-Salaam. So Rhodesia now forms a salient of civilization extending into and bordered on three sides by chaos. It lives by skill, courage, and good cheer reniniscent of the vanished Britain of 1OO)' It menaces no one, and it asks only to be let alone to work out its own destiny. Members of Ina Rhodesian African Rifles hove IIIt/e love fOl' ,h. block ref.orlsl IlbeTallon mo". Rhodesia is a new nation, founded by menls as most of 'he 'error/st ossosslnotlons are dlr.c1ed agolnsf blo~k Rhodeslons. Cecil Rhodes in 1890. It has been inhabited since pre-history by a succession of little-known peoples in I came back from Rhodesia filled with know about their struggle, they don't cluding that vanished race which built excitement, enthusiasm, and tension. even know what sort of a country the curious stone city of Zimbabwe in the The excitement was caused by the Rhodesia is. They absolutely do not know eighth century. Its current Bantu marvelous coWltryside - wild, wide and that America's fubJre is direcUy population is mainly Mashona and beautiful. The enthusiasm was for the dependent upon that of Rhodesia. Most Matabele, who entered the land in the wonderful people I met there, and their Americans know - now - about Arabian fourteenth and nineteenth centuries warm hospitality extended to a citizen of oil . Few know - yet - about Rhodesian respectively, and who are traditional a nation whose policy toward theirs is chromiwn. But the simple fact is that one enemies. The Matabele would almost best described as befuddled bullying. caMot make modern weapons without surely have achieved their purpose of And the tension , of COlU'se, was due to the steel; one cannot make high-quaUty steel exterminating the Mashona if the peril that faces that embattled outpost of without chromiwn; and if Rhodesia falls Europeans had not appeared on the European Civilization - a peril well-met - which is the earnest goal of the Left in scene. These Europeans were of British for the present, but little noticed by those general and of the so-<:alled "Third stock ( with a prominent Scottish who are not actually on the scene. As is World" in particular - all of the known element) and Rhodesia today is an not unusual historically, here is a chromiwn sources on the planet will lie English-speaking nation. Unlike most situation in whlch general catastrophe is in the hands of powers inimical to the other colonial ofrshoots of England, it being fended off by a handful, while those West. In Uris sense, the frontier of the was settled more by winners than losers, they defend eat, drink, and be merry, civilization of which the United States is and this has resulted in a society com Wl8ware of what is at stake. a part lies on the Zambeu River. posed mainly of what an educatiooalist It is dreadfuUy frustrating to speak on Rhodesia is an oval-shaped, in would call " high-achievers." (Stan this subjed. When a couple of my dependent republic in the heart of dardized I.Q. tests rate Rhodesian Rhodesian friends asked me what Southern Africa, landlocked between the children some 10 above the nonn for Americans think of their struggle, I C{)uld limpopo River on the south and the English-speaking children, world-wide.) only answer sheepishly that the Zambeu on the north. In the days of The total European population is about a generality of Americans not only don't empire it was known as Southern quarter of a million, while the Bantu 28 i '\Ie \lie", To 'Ilments people number some 51k million, making insisted. The result, on 11 November, staunchly Britain came to our aid in Viet Rhodesia one of the smallest nations in 1965, was the Unilateral Declaration of Nam? Rhodesia, on the other hand, of the world. The "Europeans" pay 97 Y.t ' o! Independence (U.D.l.) and the birth of a fered a battalion.) the taxes, though they own only about 50 nation. (It is interesting that the chief If you cast that foo lishness aside, the of the land. executive of Rhodesia, then as now, had second response is that Rhodesia does The common journalistic tenn for the been a Spitfire pilot in WW n , whereas not practice majority rule. (They really Rhodesian regime Is " white minority." his opposite nwnber, then as now, had have a hard time saying this with a the implication being that 250,000 white been a "conscientious objector.") straight face. II the U.S. associated only Rhodesians hold several million black This U.DJ. makes Rhodesia a "non with majority·nde regimes we would be Rhodesians in some sort of forcible nation" in most chancelleries, since it is down to about 20 out of the world's 14~ subjugation. The facts of this matter are easy to be high-handed wi th a very small odd sovereign states. And even if we did rather otherwise, but seldom aired country. For the United States of hold that the one-man one-vote principle abroad. In Rhodesia skin color is not America to anatbemize an ex-British was the absolute be-all and end-all of considered in voting procedures. One colony for declaring itself independent of political morality, we are formally may vote if he (1) has a high-school Britain - unilaterally - is, to put it committed to the policy that we do not education or equivalent, (2) owns a small mildly, peculiar. But we do not recognize interfere with other people's internal amount of real property. or (3) earns a Rhodesia tooay. Evidently the affairs. very modest income. (Schooling is free Rhodesians took our example all too Pressed further, State finally comes and public.) Such limitations on the literally. out with it. We must at all costs balance franchise are denounced in some circles When one asks our State Department the Third World against the Soviet Bloc in terms that wou1d be ludicrous if they about this oddity they offer a triple ploy. in the United Nations. The Third World were not taken so seriously. It is true that First they say that Rhodesia, while (Arabs and black African states) looks the white population outvotes the black following our own rebel example, Is in upon Southern Africa with what can only by a large ratio, but if this constitutes rebellion against Britain, who is now our be described as a psychotic frenzy. The subjugation it must certainly be tenned staunch ally. ( Did you notice ho w official word Is " Get Whitey ! Reason, an optional subjugation, comparable to that in a well-run household in which everybody is expected to wash up before coming to the dinner table. What obtains then, in Rhodesia, is a developing "western" nation, complete with modem conveniences, inheriting British traditions a nd life-styles, superimposed upon a Bantu tribal region which contains both educated, twentieth century blacks and a larger number of what used to be called aborigines. The fresent government is trying to fromote a system of bicu1tural evolution which can bring the tribesmen into modem times without destroying the nation that rive generations of white pioneers have carved out of the wiklerness. To the degree that they are succeeding they are abhorred by the black Mrican states to the north, who have pretty thoroughly demonstrated that they cannot do this. Those innocents who are not faced with these problems may chant "One man, one vote" like Orwell's sheep, but one caMot but wonder what they """Quid say if this meant, literally, giving Manhattan back to the Indians. That Is exactly what Britain told the Rhodesians to do, some ten years back. The Rhodesian response was something The (opllol of Rhodeslo. Smoll ond friendly. Less polke are In evldern:e lhon mosl large me/roo like "Thanks, but no thanks." Britain pol/Ion oreos. helping Ih e leTrorl", dolm Ihol Ih e blo(k populace Isseelhlng wllh dlsconlen' . 29 I justice, and even self-interest have socially than it does economically, but it have no other country. We are nothing to do with the case. He who is not does not daunt. white Rhodesians and, in a more for us is against us, and we nwnber In the words of Ian Smith, Prime general term, white Africans, and scores of millions, against a besieged Minister: have just as mucb right to our outpost of 250,000. Get Whitey!" position here as have our fellow So the U.S., as a nation, feels that it " We believe In evolutionary black Rhodesians. must excoriate a tiny and abSOlutely chauge, uut revolutiou. !\Olore than " I have never heard a contra~ unaggressive group of people who would 50 years ago Rhodesians chose the argument and if there is one I like to be our friends, while at the same cou rse of responsible government. wouid Hke to know what It is. time it grovels diplomatically before "From that time on it has always " If anyone believes that such huge and alien power masses who art our been accepted that Rhodesia was people are going to allow them declared and dedicated enemies. There the bome of aU Its peoples and was selves to be pushed around I.n their is a word for that, but it sticks in the shared equitably between them. own country then they are out of throat of one who had thought better of "With the passage of time, tbIs their mlnds. his country, philosophy has been more and "However, there Is a corollary to So mUCh, however, for the morals of more flnnly entrenched with this - if anyone believes that the the case. Outside pressure hurts complete justHication. Rhodesian European, because of Rhodesia, and certainly it hurts more "We have no other home, we his present position in the seat, can push around Rhodesians of a different colour, then he Is living In a fool's paradise." Abo..... : Memb&rs of 11'1. Rhod.slon lIghl 'nfontry on palrol. ThiS un" IS consld.red by many mUllo,..,. ."per.s 10 rank amongst the best light Infonlry In the world left: A gun jeep pOIrot of Ihe lSI lIoIIolion of th. Ilhodeslon AfrIcan Illfles near Ihe 10m· be" Rivef' ...... -.. ' . • • ... .. ' . 30 'ER 'i'hese are not the words of an unreasonable man, nor of a political iMocent, nor of a racist, nor of a coward. Inside Rhodesia at this time the mood - insofar as I could assess it on a short visit - is tense but cheerful. Nothing unites nor enlivens like the threat of a common enemy, and morale, especially in the armed forces, is superb. Black and white Rhodesians serve side by side in the army, and they know absolutely what they are fighting for. And there Is fighting - all of it on Rhodesian soil. for Rhodesia has never committed any act of aggression. From Zambia and [rom Mozambique invaders come in small bands by night. They call themselves ';Freedom Fighters," but the term is hard to explain to those - predominantly black - whom they murder. Certainly they do not persuade the Shona troopers in the Rhodesian African Rilles, with whom I spent a day up on the frontier. The most solid of a11 military motives is the defense of one 's native soil, and that is what the Rhodesian soldier is about. "They come into our country without the right. They kill our people. They kill our cattle. They steal our food . So we kill them. We a1ways win." And they do. The " terrorists," as the invaders are known in Rhodesia, are armed with light machine-guns and assault carbines made in Red China (Soviet types RPD and AK,·t7), light rockets and mines. They plant mines, they murder, and they run . Nonnally they are pursued and destroyed by security forces who know the country better than they, and who are better motivated. Also the Rhodesians, while always short of nwnben, are better trained, have excellent information sources from victimized tribesmen, better communications, and use the South African R-l auto-rifJe. which has the legs on the AK-47. The mines are the worst. A man quite ready to die in a fight may still be very nervous about tripping a mine set weeks ago by someone long gone, and possibly since captured or killed. It is difficult to respect a man who is willing to set a lethal trap for anyone who comes along. without risk to himself or any interest in the outcome. If this is "fighting for freedom" it is certainly the least heroic version one can imagine. Co nlinucll on page 66 Abo". : Rhod.slon s.cur/ty fore.s conducting ontl.I""o,,,I operot/ons. RighI: Personn.1 of .he Rhod.slon Alrlcon RIfI.s on po.ro' ormfld with M.A.v . mo(hin. gun ond R· ' rifles. .. c ...;::~y ---- " - 3 1 A Letter from Lee E. Jurras MIY 12, 1915 Robert K. Brow n, P ubillher Soldier of Fortune [ Box 582 i Mudl, CO 80001 Our Bob, The enlire unit cOllliab of tbe hif;bly modified '\oil" the detacbable Iboulder stock. blr"led .357 AMP. ICOped, two m.,niDel, dip I 1m workin, on I version simillr to thil . ltII dePl"ils.sor, box of ammuolliOll and det.aebJI ble coUapsible .houlder Itoct for 1111' enforcement .houlder .tock, ,11 picked In I clUllom com agencies I nd S.W.A.T. teams that .ould require plTtmented Bellini leather .Itlehe-type cue. The ultra lightwelglll weapons thlt offer rifle purchasers' initial, Ire burned in and the com capabilltln but mu ch U,hter in weigbt Ind I much bination loelr. il n l for bit birthday. In other word. I looger rlnge. very peuon.llzed ite m. There will be 25 only Ii. theM I thought when I ItITted In with the Auto MIJ I unitt built to tbese .pe<:lfk:ltlolll witb terid number 11'11 going to hive I bit more time I nd be In Ilmo-t I LEJ-(ll beint; kept by myul! .nd serial number ntlr state of .eml·ret.lrement. However the tran· LEJ.(I2 will be sent to !tab' to be very ",I.boutely sition is • bit hectic. Once I , et my move maGe to en,rlved. The h llnce of the 23 will be lold to tbe New Mex ico I nd ,et set up, thing. wW .tart to tab dbcriminating lporum.n througbout tbe world. ,hape and I'U be able to concentrate a hit mOl1! 011 For the seriOOllheep hunter. who enJoYI tbe bunt writing. aDd .t.1k, this h'l to be probably the world'.llghteat I'U touch Ughtl, on the loplc of the mlDl·.nlper I eomblutlon for , heep huntmg, where weight L, the system, referred to II L. E. JURRAS CUSTOM , I l Ulmportant item lbove the ten thOUSlnd fool level: MODEL 2OO/ INTERNATIONAL. Let', refer to 1111 0/' for the internUloul,porlS mao who ml&hI eare to the world', m .... t exollc Ind or expenlive buntlni I' eoglge ID I bit of chamoll bunting wbile 011. I quick handgun or, " the A. T. " F. refl!Tl to It It the bullDeli trip to Europe, yet doel not ·Wlnt to be " short rifle". The Umlted ediUon is nl turlil)' a. I encumbered with I bulky rIOe . much show II go. The enUre gun is hand polished We are Dot annOUDclDt; or d ucunlng price on tbe inside Ind out, .,.ith aU moviq paru lI pped (q' • L. E. JURRAS CUSTOM YODEL 200lfN· mltched lor optimum reUability. TERNATIONAI.: it'l priced Ind sbowo by Ip The titanium ,cope base and stalnlell rIoJl I" pointment only. Color photOf Ire lVailable to in· the result of many monthl of teat Ind evalultion, dlvldull, oversell, and It the time of thlJ writlDg, looking for the optimum combinltioo .ultahle for the there .re approximately 13 guns left for IIle. Thll recoil on thi, we.pon. From the .tandpolnt of actull exotic item was designed for tbe a!fiueot sporu man free recoU, it II virtuilly nil In thlJ combination. I nd collector only, lod unlel. one wanllio ducu .. However, the first .400" of travel, during which time price. ID the mldllle four fl&ure range, we ahln't thl! barrel extell.loo mikes cootact with the ae Wlltl! GOI! another', time. celerltor, It dotl lubject the scope and mll\lllta to. ","Iln, this is buill for tbe cUscrirnlnatlDg aport· rather Violent movement. Nonetbtlell, lhil COIII • mln who hll everythlot:" et ml&ht Wlnt to own ool! hiOition "orki beautillillJ' . 01 2$ of the world'. mOft uclllSlve esotlc hunting In my way of thinking and experleoce, tbe WI-U: hloc!gunl. For the true .poruman, we sUU have '.0 Leupold II the only .cope of quallty with continuoul pair of coOJecutive aerial numbers. Strial numbers .... age ID a bla; bore bandgun. With the uception of wtll read LEJ-(ll through LEJ·24: serial oumber the scope and ,rip., the entire lun II .ulnle ...teeL LEJ·25 will be deleted: being replaced with LEJ·29. 'nIe ,rips are la mlD lted, made of a combination of This was done .. I lervlce for a customer who Gabonn Ebony Ind HoUy . The scope, IWI, two happens to be a collector of serial number 29' • • magazinel Ind . boulder Itock IU cart)' tbe lime Elch gWl is accompanied with 10 Itfidllvlt to the serial numbera. The .3~ 7 AMP cartridge, uling our effect thlt there.,.m only be 2S of these built. standlrd loading 01. tbe 137 lr. JSP bullet at 2,000 A. previollSl, mentiooed, the ItaOO l rd .357 AMP f. p.I., from the 1\010" barrel, ha. proved mOlt loading with this blrrel leqth developed 2,000 f.p .• . .atisfactory 00 medium glme In both the U.S. and veloclt,. With .leope and .houlder .tock, thlJ mi ke. Afriea at ran,e. out to and Including 2SO Ylrda. lt a very relliltlc 2SO yard meal and game ,UD. I have 00 t.,.o occilion., takeo medium game at over Be.t regaru, 200 yards with the IImt loa d in the un .coped ver Lee E. Jurras l ioo . NaturaUy the ,un can be fired with or without LEJ: rh 32 THf AUTO MAG -SNIPfR SYSTfM :\:J THE GALIL ASSAULT RIFLE: WHAT IS IT? Some time back weapons-eonscious readers noted references in newspapers to an " amazing" , new, S.56mm, assault Calil rine announced by Israel. Much was made of its being "totally new" and of its In o"erolt con'igfKafions. the GoIIIIs IImllar to several o thfK post. ability to open soda-botUes, cut barbed WWII rifles. such as the FN / FAL. HKGJ, etc. "Is shown hfKe with wire, and the like. Ihe optlonol wood buttstock. rathfK thon the standord. folding. Naturally, upon reading such, I con metal tube design. tacted Israeli sourees for further in formation on this interesting new in fantry weapon. At the time I got nothing but a deaf ear - however, since that time, we've been able to acquire an In teresting accumulation of material about the Gatil Assault Rifle (GAR) . Un fortunately, we still haven't been able to arrange a firing session, though we have talked to people who were present during Israeli tests of the weapon. From all this we've been able to determine that there has been a good bit of Madison-Avenue promotion done without any great regard for truth or fa ct. In fact, one well-known military small arms writer has egg on his face for use contain 3S rounds of ball; a SO-round repeating certain Israeli claims in print magazine is supplied for the LMG role. A when the accompanying photos con special 12 roWld magazine is used fo r tradicted them. grenade launching cartridges. A metal Be all that as it may, the Israeli Galli tube folding buttstock is standard, and all rifle was developed jointly by Israel controls (magazine catch, safety, Galili and Mr. Lior, and is the latest selector lever, and operating handle) are development in its field. It is probably designed for ambdextrous operation. A the most heavily and abusively tested pivoted carrying handle is provided at arm of its type to be recently adopted by the balance point, and is positioned so any power. Tests of the rifle that were that the weapon cants outward to clear conducted in the Sinai were almost more the soldier'S legs when running. than the human testers could bear, while To expand the GAR's tactical ver the Galil came through with flying satility, there is a SAR. (Short Assault colors. It was further subjected to severe Rifle ) version that assumes SMG con arctic environmental tests to minus 40 figuration with stock folded. It Is simply degrees centigrade. According to official the basic rifle with a shortened barrel defense department reports, results in with most other parts interchangeable. the cold-weather envirorunent were quite Sights are conventional but unusually satisfactory. rugged. The post-type front sight is In any event, the Galil is a modem completely encircled by a tubular guard. caliber S.56mm, selective-fire, gas This not only protects it, but insures operated assault rifle. It is intended as a unifonn illwrunation in bright light. The multiple-purpose, basic weapon for the rear element Is of simple aperature type infantry squad. It is intended to serve the with 300 and ~meter, £lip-up legs. In purposes of semi-auto rine, LMG ( light addition, there is a folding night sight at machine gun), and launcher for anti both front and rear. Merely placing the personnel and anti-tank grenades. With single, luminous spot of the front sight accessory scope and mount, it also between two similar spots at the rear serves as a sniping rifle. Provisions are places the bullet on target at close made for a bayonet and bipod, and the ranges. integral flash suppressor serves as a The GaUl is not especially light at 3.9 grenade launching device. Kg (about 8.S pounds) when compared to Theoretical cyclic rate of fire in the the U.S. MIS, but when properly applied full-auto mode is a relatively slow 650 weight increases both reliability and full rounds per minute. Magazines for rifle auto controllability. It is still lighter than 34 020Wru rn~w • raeli rifle. At this point Lior and Galili's ef forts were no longer aimed at a S.56nun conversion of captured SKs, but at a newly-manufactured rifle using the basic AK47 fire control bolt mechanism. This was, of course, a wise move _ the AK is sault Rifle well kn own for its durability and by Maj. George C. Nonte reliability and has doubtless seen more actual combat than any other post-WWTI rille. At that time, the AI{ had the ad vantage of nearly a quarter-century experience, both in field service and in mass production. In other words, the basic design had been thoroughly debugged. To copy it wou1d eliminate much of the potential development problems certain to be encountered in a totally ne w design. So, as a practical matter, Galili copied the machined-receiver version of the AK47 action and gas operating system. Refinements have been added, of course, but the basic mechanism remains essentially the same. The abominable, massive safety lever of the AK has been replaced with a simpler and more easily operated, snort, some other assault riDes introduced in thumb lever. The operating handle was recent years. It is quite compact at 97 em bent upward to become ambidextrous, with stock extended and 74 em with stock and the ejection po rt sealing has been folded . improved to resist the entry of sand. We Excellent handling characteristics are are advised that while parts are similar attributed to the GallI. However. its to those of the AK-47, there is no in extreme similarity in layout and weight terchangeability with the definitive distribution to the Soviet AK series would GAR. lead one to expect it to be quite muzz1e Other items are changed to suit Israeli heavy. Certainly the AK47 and FiMish thinking. The folding butt is new, and it MSO adaptation feel that way. folds over llie right side of the stock Reference to the AK47 brings to mind rather than the left as most others. The the most prominent thing about the Galil reason for this is to allow paratroops or rifle. The very first rifles (less than a mounted troops with the rifle slung dozen) were captured (7-Day War) across their chests to extend the stock AK47s modified to S.S6mm caliber by and fire willi one hand. If that sounds Israel Calili. The modification consisted simple, try it sometime with a left of installing a Stoner 5.56mm barrel folding stock. The nash suppressor is (somewhat altered), a Stoner S.56mm original and serves not only as a grenade magazine and spacers, and changing the launcher, but accepts the unusual bolt face to suit the smaller diameter bayonet which simply slips over it and ( than the Soviet M43 cartridge) S.56rrun locks in place. The bipod is also new and round. This adaptation perfonned quite incorporates a very simple and effective well and was presented as a possible wire cutter - just fold the legs, hook the means of utilizing captured weapons (the hinge over the wire, then push the legs 1967 war produced tens of thousands of forward to shear through it. The forend Is AK47s ) without tooling to produce the of wood, the only wood on the weapon, 7.62x39mm cartridge. Further testing though a fixed wood buttstock exists in and development resulted in the llie event some customer should prefer it assembly in Israel of a number of rifles over the folding metal design. The sights built up on Finnish MOO receivers; the are new, as we've said, and there is a MOO is simply Finland's adaptation of the vertical foregrip available for the SAR AK47. All this came about as a result of a for those who feel Col. Thompson had the pre-ex isting Israeli requirement for a right idea with his original Tommy Gun. modem S.56nun assau1t rifle to replace Wisely, none of these changes detract the 2O-yearo()ld Belgian FAL 7.62mm Continued on nut pllge 35 from the basic goodness and unrivaled credited with development of the AK47. reliability of the AK. F rom a production Certainly this has nothing to do with the ease and cost viewpoint, Galili and Uor rifle, but it does make interesting con ..... ould probably in this author's opinion, versation. have been better of{ had he chosen to We began this dissertation askilll, In adapt the AKM rather than the AK. The effect, "What is the Gam?" former possesses all the desirable Well, it is a superb combat rifle in the qualities of the latter, but is based upon a current style. a second-generaUon stamped, sheet-steel receiver. Certainly adaptation of a first-generatlm design it is far easier and more economical of which has been incontrovertably proven Abov.: Tne GoIII ossoull r Ifle nos be.n adopled as tne muill-purpose, bo,lc small arm for Ihe Israeli Infantry. The Go/It's stock folds '0 Ihe right. allowing parotroope-rs or mounted penonn.llo extend tn. stock and fire wltn on. nand. w ith tne rifle slung ocrou th.'r dtes/s. The Golll, with launch.,.. Is capable 01 fIrIng a variety 01 ontl·penonne' ond ontl. tonk grenades. - • manufacture than the complex machined in fighting throughout the world. It im AK47 receiver. which is noted for proves upon a basic design without production difficulties. It would have detracting in the least from its more been simpler, cheaper, and quicker to desirable characteristics. ·It follows the tool the Israeli plant for the sheet-steel most recent trend in using the nat model. We are informed, though, that the trajectory, high-velocity, U.S.A. 5.56mm machined receiver was chosen for its cartridge, and in variations serves all the better capability to withstand the higher small-arms needs of the infantry squad pressures and closer tolerances of the by Israeli thinking. 5.56mm cartridge. It is aU that - but reports to the con lsratJ. Galili, to whom credit goes for trary not withstanding, it is oot a new, the Galil, emigrated to Israel from the native, Israeli design. It's a refined AK47 U.S.S.R. He was a Russian-bom Jew and - and when you've said that, you've his name there was Balashnikov; placed the GaUl high on anybody's totem startlingly similar to Kaiashnikov who is pole. 36 17. he n· he ,'"n ID 2 Abov.: The Golil ls shown here w Ith all 0' /1$ bosle eombot oecenorles; three dlUerent grenades. boyonet and Jeob Characteristic Data bordo magol lnes 0' three dlflerent capacities and eo..,..,.lng handl • . With bIped extended. /I assumes capabilities of a WEAPON squod a utomatic weapon 01" LMG. Oai,ution: CAlIlMM WupontJpt; AaoIull Riflt. Utili MiItlIin. Gvn Ori,i.: 1sne1 Militaly IndllStries Opmtioft: Gl$oOpeuie4. !oI.tin, bolt (helilJl!tnJlh: Slotk,ltended 91 em Iltm IhtRIlltnath: Sloe'toIdtd 14c1ll lIti"" I,om "ipod "'. lett to barrt! ttnllf: n.,", BIsic _tilbl: UOOq 1.500., lftipj.irttl.din, bipod .nd tlnyi", lI .. dl,: 4.300 k( BARUl Cltibt,: S.5imm (.223 inch) liI ullbt! 01 v-s: , • Twist 01 liflinl: Riehl·hlnd, OIIt tUn! in 300 111111 lift"" 01 Nlftl: 'km 33tm StGKTS Here the GoIII Is shawn fleld'Strlpped for• cleaning and molnl.nonee. In thIs photo. anyone who Is remotely lomll/or w/lh the AK47 will Immediately notice thot th. Fomi,hl: PIIsl ttpc, .ith plot,clift "nlHilht - ports. lor all pt"odleo/ pvrpoS.J. ar. ldeolleo/. rin" Itt 'III 100 met." Hnm"'l: .111111, '1~ iii, type hmipl wttinp: 300 an d sao mettlS "lahbipts: FoIdln" luminous, wt tOf 100 metelS lttIJIh 01 ~ftt ol5i,hl: " .xlII FIRE AR. IIIodes of lire: Au\olllitic IIId Mm ~ lu""'atic ~Iic lite oIlir.: Ap."o. . 650 founds! lIIi" MIIllIe 'ftlodty: AP."OI. !l80 m/M( 920 m/stC Maim.1II etlKmt rlIIP: 600 meielS 400meten TttE 5.56mlll ROUND 5.56m1ll1 57.4mll, jKketld witII Iud II", tOft bullet Ind 55 "lin t hilCt ' llftiaht 01 complete round : 1I.7ITJm WtiJbt of hUtt: 1.52 11J111 'fAG~t"ES SllIIibrd IIIlplinlS: Stttl bal-IJ,.. IINlllptd. lot 35 Ind 50 ~." Sllolt ml,uin': 12·'\IIInd, IIII' "I'lstie uTlrldlts ~~d ~uil' _ti,h!: lOU ITJm empty. 110 ITJIIlNdtd Th is tvtowoy view shOWl! the angled gas part from the borre/lnto the gas chamber. ~nd "'quint . tilhl: «0 ITJm fmplJ . a,loIded where propellent gases e"pand agaInst the 'oe. 01 th. piston. to drIve the operating rad retNWOrd. 37 The GoIII hondles a wide variety of grenades, A speclol magadne II required for grenade launching cor.ddges. The SMG v$I'slan 01 the GoIU ullll, es Ihe rKelvet' and ocllan 01 Ihe bosh~ GAR wllh 0 shonened barrel. CLASSIFIED ADS REQUI REMENTS 20c per WOI'd per Insertion, Including name and address - minimum charge 15.00. Copy musl be IIIccompanled by r emillilloce. Mall 10 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Classil led, P .O. Box 581, Arvllldlll, Colorado 10001 , I nsertlOl'l w ill nOI be made w lthoul paymenl. We ftsef'Ve the r lghl 10 dele1. or chilinge IIIn y copy which we delermlne 10 be obiec::liOl'llLIble. P I~~ Iypeor prlnllllllilidds. we dO nol turniSh proOfS. Include name IIInd lid· dress in counllng number of wordS. POST 011 Ice, tip cOde IIInd sllIIle ~ch count liS words. Ab · brevilllions such as A. p " 2Omm, U.S., e1" HyphenllTe SOME PERSONALDET AIlS ABOUT the men who developed the "GAUL" 5.56 AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLE (The name, "GAUL," is a compound of their surnames: "Galili" and "Uor ") 53, was born in Merhavia. He is a Deputy Director General of the I""elll I ,;;,~~~~~ of the Technical High School Military Industries. He currently Ii to the Hebrew Technical of both positions. Haifa. He was a member of the un derground section responsible for the Galili was born in Mishmar HaYlll'd", manufacture of weapons during the in 1923, and has been active in 1"'8el' l W·2X . British Mandate period, in various Military Industries sin~ its inception. capacities, from 19H to 1947. He is a graduate (1940) of the Max Fine From 1947 to 1950, he supervised the Trade School, and served in the British , , nufactwing facilities Army from 1941-1946. ~\~~:~·~~~~.~fl:ma~ Industries. From 1951 One of his first achievements was the I was Director of the am I development and manufacture of the , ; , I~;";.;;;;;;";';manufacturing plants. "DROR" light machine gun. He , ; From 1955 to 1958, he served as a tributed much to the representative of IMI, in the U.S., and perfectioning of the concurrently studied Industrial 1ively continued in the ''''p,." ... e"' ."d I Engineering at the University of manufacture of a I , Cclwnbia. In 1961, he was awarded the weapons used by the prize. For~ s. completion of his mission and He is Director of ;;~In~th~e~u.s., in .f1958, he the Anns Steltt' 1 Box \011. NM 38 • • Your Congressman! Yell Todayl Write your Congre ••man to let him know that you firmly oppo.. any new anti-gun legl,lation. As a result of last year's election. the United States is (2) Gun legislation now on the books has had no altha mercy of the most liberal Congress in the history effect on reducing crime. it has only succeeded of our nalion. Already there are numerous anll-gun bills in harrassing the faw abiding gun own8r. Laws In the hopper which call lor new restrictions on the law should punish the criminal, not the honest citi· abiding gun owner. One calls lor the registration of all zen! guns, another caUs for the licensing of all gun owners. (3) A gun by itself can kill no one. The simple lact and the bill Introduced by Congr... man Michael is that people kill people regardless 01 the weap· Hsrrlngton (D·M ....) would tollll,. bsn the prl.,ste on. owner.hlp of hsndgun.1 (4) You. as a private citizen. have the right to pas. There is a strong possibility that several antl·gun bills sess a firearm for self protection. If government may become law unless 'we •• __ ••••••••••••••• denies this right it Is act. The thr.sl 10 your right • 0 Yes. I WIll join lhe Cl1Izens Comminee IOf' the Right to • denying the very basic to own and u •• flr.srma I. Keep and Bear Arms. I understand as a member 01 the right to lite. gre.ter tod.y thsn sny time. Committee I will receIVe a membership card. a sub- • .Ince 1968 when the I.... scnptlon to the Comm,nee's monthly newsletter POI NT . Our founding fathers can· Gun Control act w .. passed_ BLANK. and all other membership services. My mem- sldered the right of a law • bershlp lee is enclosed: • abiding individual to own a Consider the following brief • 0 $15 AInu' 0 $50 Ave 'Nr 0 '150 Ute 0 '1.000 PlblI • firearm to be so important facts . .. and then write your that they made It a part of the Congressmanl- • 0 ) would like to support the work 01 the Comminee WIth highest law at the land. the • my contribution of: • U.S. Constitution. let us be (1) Gun control legisla· tion only succeeds in • 0110 0 $25 0 150 0 $100 0 $250 0 1500 • wary lest we lose this great taking guns out of the • 0 $1.000 0 $ _ • heritage carefully passed hands or the law abid· along to us. • (Please ,nOIea1C whe1l1Cr Mr• • M ,S.. M ISS. CIC .. and please p''''1) • ing citizen. the crim· So write your Congressman inal will never turn in · N ~ today and support the effort his gun or have it reg· ______· to preserve your right to own I I istered. • Address ______1 and use firearms by joining the Citizens Committee for • Clty / State ______Z,p _____ 1 the RiQht to Keep and Bear Arms. The CommlH.. I. tIM I I nation'. fa.tHI "rowing and Please complete Ille 101m shown aDeM! and ret... rn along Wlln I I you, cneek to C'blens Comm'ttee lor \he Roght 10 Keep and most acllve organlzallon Sear Arms. Beilllhald OItICe P8I"k. 1601 11.1h . S.E.. S... ite 15 1• • working to protKI lhe prl· • •••••••••••••••••••Bellevue. Wasnong1orI ~ vat. ownership at flr•• rm •• Th l, .d .... lhor!;zed by Alan Gonllet!. Exec. OireetOf. Cili~en. Com- min" tor the Right \0 Kaepand Bear Arm. Ie non-pfolit corpor.tion) CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS Arthur Godfrey, Honorary Natlona/Chalrman NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (partiallostong) Cong...... ".,."..". Non-Congr_ ".,."..". ~ SIuClBalN IR.f L) ~rlck NeoI MI;CIIIrey .. AI\lerIO F~ Rep ~Bun:I)R · TN ) Prd~D""""""_- ~ JoMJ Ourcan I R . H~ 1 MJ.j Gen "'.... B<1tOtl\J. ... Jr (ReI) J.elr.G..-.-n Or NCICIIII Nylr_ _ Wm Bryln OOfn -,- $ton Blfry GoIow" .. CR· "":) .IentWIIP HOn .t.nes R. G,...-. J, Prill ~ p-..:o 1 ~J..: ~ ~ I R · N 'f ) Hon Leu •....:. J BuIlOn PrO' JeN,..,. H'~ J A IJIy) P ...... ReI> W...... '-! K~'" IR·CAI J __ O~ . J. ~ \lerI A ""*"rek _ IDn Gar .. Prd cr..r.. E Rroe ~ ~\lerIL l"urR·OHj -w_D_w """", I Ro-tI 0._ "'-(o .G.\) uo.n _~ . USMC \ ReI ) Ro-tI800s.- (O·FL) O< ,"--II KeB/w>er a.oroe C RcrcM. III C< ""'" Ro-tI M a..... $nyOef {R- KT) t1OtO w .... c er_ _ It. t.--.IY Ro-tI W_ F W_ (R_NT) -"'"'""- W_Loet> Pro! ...... ,.. f SIroW>oll "" aon.I(I E LuI 39 II First Round Kills At 900 Meters: The Springfield Armory MIA and ART Now You Can Own A Long Range Weapon System Virtually Identical To That Used By The Famed U.S. Army Snipers In Vietnam by James Leatherwood Now, you can own a MIA ART scope in early WWll. Although Gen. Patton the problem, the demand for Ml's weapons system which is almost iden called the Ml " the greatest battle im· prevented incorporating these changes in tical to the M-21 U.S. Army sniper system plement in the world," it still had production guns. used so5uccessfully in Vietnam. The only problems. One of these was a tendency to In September. 1944, Headquarters, difference is that the MIA does not have " freeze..up" when there was no lubricant Army Ground Forces requested the full automatic fire capability. on the bolt a nd operating rod. Exposure following: (a) that the present rif1e Ca l. The commercial version of the MH, the to rain in particular produced this con· 30 Ml be modified to include automatic Springfield Annory MIA, has proved a dition. Several possible solutions were fea tures which will enable the operata' to boon to individual higb-power marksmen tried. The ones that were most effective test and fire the weapon as a semi for target shoo ting in military and consisted of putting a roller on the bolt automatic or full autOOlatic piece; (b) civilian matches. The MIA ART system lug and changing the gas system to a gas that automatic fire by means of a light has found favor amongst various SWAT cut-()rr·gas expansion system. The cut--off bipod, be equally as effective as the units and provides the ultimate for mercs expansion unit reduced the speed of standard B.A .R., at users' discretion, who plan on a little freelance sniping. unlocking, thereby reducing the force on cone of fite and ballistic characteristics; The antecedents of the MIA can be the bolt lug a nd operating rod cam. The (c) that the mechanism be simple and traced back to the birth of the MH. The resulting rifle was called the MIE9. capable of field stripping, with operation development of the U.S. M14 rifle, began A1though these modifications relieved features which would reduce stoppages 40 to a mmunumj (d ) that a suitable 2{) round bottom feed magazine and a detachable bipod be developed for this weapon. Mthough the demand for such a I weapon had existed for some time, it was probably increased by the effective German FG42 and the major U.S. Anny offensive in progress in Europe. Weapon weight in the defense is no major problem, but when you are constantly moving in an attack, it becomes a serious consideration. The B.A.R. was a very good "base-o(·fire weapon" but it weighed 20 1bs. The 8.A.R. man had to be bigger or tougher to effectively handle that kind of weight. Also, the need for greater fire power for the individual infantryman was becoming evident. The final version of the selective fire, box magazine Ml was known as the T20E2. The magazine was a modified B.A.H. Mag which would also (it the AHorrlsuhrO·/lght. sprlng-octl",oledMode/I Ablpod can be ordered from Horrls Eng ineering. Inc .• P.O. B.A.R. A munle brake and blpod were Is ottcu:hed 1o Ih ls MIA/ ART romblnollon. The blpod 80" 305. "o,er. MI048016 imbedded. The left side d the receiver was modified to provide a mounting surface for an optical sight. High priority limited procurement 0{ 100,000 guns as approved, but the end of the war cut the order to 100. Of these, only 10 were lJ"oduced by late 1945. Therefore, with exception of the cartridge, all of the basic components of the M14 were developed by the end of WWll. Other than the position on the barrel, the gas system on - the MIE9 was very similar to the Ml·t The receiver of the T20E2, with the ex· ception of length, was almost the same as the MH, even down to the full-auto mechanism. The Korean War further confinned the need for changes in the MI, and the MH was (inaUy approved in 1960. As a (ull-auto squad weapon, the original M14 was less than perfect. Damn near impossible to control is a better statement. Captain Gasney at the In fa ntry Board in Ft. Benning, was the A member of Jim lealherwood', "0/1 lesl, 0 rIghts. scope pot"Is and mochinery from major force in developing the straight newlr-monufcu:h.... ed ART 011 Ihe M IA. lea· Reol"I. stock a nd muzzle brake that later Iherwood r.cenlly purchosed ART pot.nt became major components of the M14A2. This weapon is controllable and provides a good base-of-fire weapon. However, probably the high point of the MH is its use as a sniper rifle. The modifications developed by USAMTU of Ft. Benning turned the M14 into a remarkably accurate weapon. Minute- 41 A First Time Look Into The SUPER SECRET Spy LABORATORY DIVISION ll~ by Donold Mclea n The advancing technology of the past espionage activity had been handled and resourceful men who C(lmpnsed the four decades has turned the craft of entirely by the legitimate services until O.S.S., while the efficiency with which espionage into a peculiar sub-sclence all the creation and blossoming of the o.s.s. they accomplished these dangerous its own, and even the usually pragmatic as a separate agency under the Joint missions against improbable odds is a field of ordnance development has seen Chiefs. The O.S.S. organizatioo was new, lribute to the insight or the elite corps of some of the zaniness that occurs when an and so was Oleir mission. With a novel scientists who envisioned, created and urgent problem is solved with generous relationship to the traditional services, produced this arsenal of special weapons funding. the O.S.S. was charged with gathering for these special missions. Any A case in point is the arsenal of "spy " intelligence, organizing, training and specialized craft requires specialized weapons developed for the use of the equipping native resistance groups to toots; ideology aside, the better the toots, legendary O.S.S. operatives in World operate behind Axis lines. Their ac the better the results with median War II . American intelligence and complishments are a tribute to the brave operatives. 42 I , 1 AMltll... , . ..., ...... _"' __,,..; ...... , "q~ .. __ HI ~ _.m.. J"'O/KfiI. ""-""'" ____ ... ",.~". .• oIooIt. Deadly Designs I Black Bag I 7. "'no. A basebol/·shaped grenode. delonol" br /mpod fuut. Premolvr. de/onat/ons ('(luted numetn 'n/wl., and deotn$ dudn; les""g ~Ir mod.'• . J . lot 10m". A ,moll In(endlory device 10 b. ollod /0 boIs, whleh when relfKlsed from planes, would fly I the oWn of Japonese houses. A lIme delay devlce_ oct/yol_ tn. Incendiary moler/ol. .... Aunt Je mima. A high e"ploslve mlJrlur. rom IIoged 01 flour. SIII/ (I CUffent eland.sllne ,/01'". us.G vorlous ogenchn. 5. 'mpoet T.at'ng Mochlne. Th is sprlng-oeflvoled .. pon fired (I ,07.'6 pro/ecl//e at 'S4 fl . pM sarond. 6. William T.Il. Th 's rubber-pow... ed crOSI bow fi "sl•• / .IIpped dfN1 at ' 80 fee t per serond. 7. Llttl. Joe. Throws 0 24 gram dorl whIch will ". ,rol. 12 1"(1185 of solid h(N"semeol 01 5/1< f •• " 3 =a - o o o /" 5 6 =rom The Super Spy )f Dirty Tricks 8. eanolub II. ..r.fly. A small grenode desIgned 10 be Inserled In ,. (11",.1 lonk of CI v.hld• . rh. fuel caused a rubber wosh.r , 10 upend, delonollng ,h. grenode. rupturing Ih. lUff' Ionk. lpt'.adlng tn.lllftl and Igniting II. ,. '7, aty Sliclo.. r. An all slide /gnller. While lumps In twI'I'''' ore corblde. which read Immediately wllh wol., to 10m! and Ignll" Je/l-/gnlle ocelylenegol. 13. Mal • . Th. mol. wov/d explode o".r 0 pre.oel. r· min.d lime deloy on sudd.n chonge from doyllg", 10 dorkntlu. Used to destroy Iro/ns shortly ofI," ent.rlng funnels. Continued on page 73 - ...r. 7 Free by :1 Dr. John Peters II Peruy I I The phone rang. The nurse answered. "Yes, he is," handing me the phone. The caller was Jerry Hemming. " I'm with the AMOOC, a medical foundation . We've just been contacted by the Peruvian government. You're aware, I'm sure, of the ma jor earthquake that hit them last week. They have several remote, severely damaged areas that they've been unable to get helicopters or ground·based teams into. They've asked Team per.onne' don eqv/pmenf before climbing oboord on us to find and send, if possible, a medical oncl.nl PfH'uvlan C-41. Am",/C'On offlc/ols In PfH'U denIed Ih. team with parachute capability, leom th. use of U.S. C· 130"1. preferably with some high altitude jwnp experience. We've been told you qualify. Can you gel away for a couple of weeks? The only sound was that of the wind, High risk and no pay, but they teUme the gently disturbing the dark green coffee is great!" parachute canopy above me. I looked up t chuckled, " How can I turn down an and checked the canopy - everything .offer like that? When do we leave?" OK - blown panels, no line over. As no " You're already booked on the 11 :30 always, now that the chute opened, had I AM United flight out of Grand Junction the feeling of utter of had aloneness, this morning," he said. being suspended in time as well as in I spent the next few hours making space : below me, Sihaus, Peru, a town arrangements for my practice; Glenda high in the rugged South American Sinclair, my office nurse, would take Andes , the time, mld.June, 1970. shortly care of all the details. At 11 :40 AM I was after the earthquake of the 31st of May. on my way to Los Angeles, where J would that devastated a large part of north meet the rest of the team at Bob Sin· central Peru, leaving more than 70,000 in· dead, 50,000 injured and 850,000 clair's Parachute School and get homeless. The silence was broken by the sound of the circling C-47, at 10 o'clock, high above me. I could make out an orange fonn in the open door; that would be Moore. As if in slow motion, the form separa ted itself [rom the aircraft. His chute opened, and it looked as if he would make the ridge above me. On the surface, we were Wllikely teammates: Jim Moore, a computer te(:hnician from Manhattan Beach, California and myself, ~ general practitioner from a small town In Soulb· western Colorado. We were suspended in the rarified air of the Peruvian Andes, a t the request of the government of Peru, to stem the tide of a rumored smallpox epidemic below. 'J.P.,' I thought, 'you're a long way from home ... ' It was a quiet 2:30 AM at the hospital, and t was chatting with the nurse in the Jerry Polrlck HemmIng, lor I.fl. and pora-medlc p8f'sann.1 r., OB ward waiting to deliver a baby. ClJ;ve ~Ie"ng from Peruvian Alr Commando officers prior 10 lump. 46 N· rtthe noculIted r... tetanuI, Iyp/Ioid, typhus, ,.-nallpoJ;, yellow fever, ~Iq,",. polio. influe ..... and hepatltli, AI 2: 00 AM the neIl. momlnf!, 12 of lIS, who comprised the lint team. weN! on OUt "'.Y _Ill abo¥ (;anstanUnI Informed .. of tho IIaJnap --I!!IIimaIu, the ItnlOln, atd tho Iypea of medical and """"'" prabltm&1I>ey nre _ ..... He point«! out ...... y ~tiona In the dlmapd '1"01,...m &II J~ lJId RbanrIIIca, r.ro eltlto INt .-lIy ~. 35 IH! or padced mud. A pari of the """,k of 22,000 tQ()t loll. " ..n_an h8d sUd QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS , .boot I", ' PARACHUTE MEDICAL RESCUE SERVICE (PMRS) ,I' Q. Wbal II PMftS? t...rrlcane, Not oaly doea this IIri'lI aid to the Immediate I I ~ A. OIltllybn..,mtnand. SWeofmlnd. Mall)' ..... mllltary sulltren, blot abo It heJr:- to build the bridcn of frleOO and ~ paI'IOdtutbta, mostly Vietnam vet.... n., In- ship. 01:1 • priv.te, ~ bQIs, bet __ ! duding dor:tors or medk:s trained by IJIe SpedIl F_ di_ people •• , ( Green Beretl) _ the han! CCIr'e, the be.vest and belt, survlVlnof~tJohn F. Kennedy ... pleue;I to CIID the Q. Wby III SOlJJlER OF FORTUNE ...... rtac PMKS? "N... Breed", too&b, t!lq>!f\enced and auperbly trliDod, A. First, beco._ the editon 01. SOLDIER OF FOR'JUNE DOt only In tbt arts of panctwtln& IIId IW"\'Ival, 1M aUo \hanoeIveo, .. men 01. ac:Uon .m .~tun:, ... per IRJlllnJd and o:mmitted to go ~ and take Illy &IOIUIII)' 49 UNDfRWATER KNIVES Right: SPKIol ForC11 S..-g.onts Ray Hon and Jon Corroll. dttmonslrole underwol..- kn"_ flghllng IldlnlqulS. Bolh are usIng Gerbfr '"Neplune" dMng·llghllng knives. In the "~I pldure. Ihe diver on top sllll hOI his knlf. ~ Underwater Its leg shealh ,. the dlv..- below grobs his rlghl arm and pulls hIm forword for a Ihrust 10 lhe mldsedlon. For rlghl: Thl dIver on lop Irles 10 counl..- lhe I{ni!e ollock by grobblng his opponlnfs knife wrlll. HI will be r.worded fCK his Iflort with a slosh 10 the u~r for.orm; from Ihere. Ihe knit_ man will conllnue hI. OllOtk to Ih. mId Fighting SKI/on. RIghI: The dl .... r on lop Ir ll. 10 Immobilize his opponent's knlll wrIst belCKe he continues Techniques hIs ol/ock. This I. Ihl most donglrOVS un· derWf;JI..- sllootlon. whe,. /Wo men face each olher wllh Iqual armament. foch man will try 10 outflonk or Immobilize hIs opponlnl for a fOlol II "ust. by For right: One d l.... r ,",en outl/onked onOI"'r. From Ih ls posillon. the dlvlr In Ihe ,.0' con David E. Steele lum off his opponlnt's aI, valve. Cui his 0" hose. CuI hIs Ihrool CK Ihrusl Into his bock 01 side. Frogmen require a knife that is sho uld be sharpened atleasta third of the suitable for underwater and surface way back from the point . The sheath utility, for killing sea beasts, and for should be made of plastic, rubber, killing enemy frogmen and shore per specially treated leather or other sonnel. Because of the resistance of wa terproof material, and it should have water combined with depth pressure the straps for attachment to the leg. The strokes used against enemy frogmen knife should also be equipped with a RIghI: Again. comIng 'rom behind Ihe lop underwater should involve minimum waterproof wrist thong so that it is not dlv..- can grab his opponent's hair for sideways movement. Short thrusts, cuts, easily lost (in my opinion, a thong is levlroge. Ihen cuI his throol or aIr ho.. . and backcuts seem to be the most useful worse than useless on land, never needed moves. If possible, catch the opponent and always getting in the way). For rlghl: AII..-nol/vel,... the diver comllli from behind and cut his lhroat or airhose. from behind. con rip off hIs opponlnfs mosk. The spear point design is better fCKc lng hIm to the surface. ff on opponenl 01100 If struggling with him, attempt to pull off adapted to underwater use than the clip has a knife In hondo opP'"oothlng from &.hInd his face mask, cut his knife hand, or point since its shape provides less mo,.. be thl onl,.. sofl Wf;J,.. 10 rip off hIs motlr thrust for any other exposed target. With resistance when entering the body of a or cut his a ir hose. his airhose cut or his face mask lost he shark or other sea creatures, and may be forced to surface quickly. risking because thrusts are more effective than the bends from too rapid decompression slashes where water pressure prevents as well as leaving his back exposed to a quick sideways movement. The spear or knife thrust. When thrusting Arkansas Too thpick V-point design from direcUy in front of your opponent he would provide the fastest penetration of will probably see you move long in ad all, but a utility knife which might be vance, and he will try to grab you r knife used as a prybar should have more wrist with his left hand. When he strength toward the tip than the Tooth· RighI: Us ing on .. ~ pIck'" grip. Ihe dl .... r on reaches with his left hand in this manner pick possesses. lop thrusts Inlo Ihe Ihroot of hi. opponenl. give it a quick back.(Ut to the palm or while rippIng off h Is mask with his le /l hondo fingers (one advantage of having a two The Randall Model No. 16 "Diver's edged knife). A single handcut can be Knife" and the Gerber " Neptune" For right: Agoln. usIng on "Ice p l ck ~ grIp. 1" even more disconcerting underwater survival knife (a nautical ve rsion of the diver below stobs InlO hIs opponent's kIdney, than on land, since it can draw sharks. Mark II ) are among the best choices. The whIle keepIng him off balonc. ond OWO)' from The frogman's knife should be of Randall model is somewhat more robust hIs knl'e. b,.. pulling down on hIs right wrbl spear point design similar to the with a 7-inch spear point blade of one standard diver's knife. Il should be made quarter inch stainless steel slock with a of one-quarter inch stainless steel stock; sharpened false edge. It has a single it should have a micarta or metal handle. brass guard, a micarta handle, and a The knife should possess a single, double, wrist thong. Its leather sheath is wax or D-guard, and the back of the blade impregnated to prevent rot, and it is 50 , • • • • ,• ,• • • • , • I equipped with a leg thong. bleed without pain, giving the diver no "Due to the density of water, the The Gerber " Neptune" has a double signal that he must surface im 'slash' is slowed down to a 'pass' edge stiletto blade of one-quarter-inch mediately). The leather sheath is tallow and a pass will not cut very deeply, stairness steel stock. The slender 6Y.t -inch impregnated and is provided with two leg especially on a swimmer wearing a blade has a six-inch scale engraved on it attachments (the Randall loops onto the V. in. wet suit. Jerking a big heavy and saw teeth toward the rear of each belt and ties down to the leg; the Gerber kn ife around underwater drags edge. It has a double guard and a metal attaches tD the caUl. your body right behind it. It must "armorhide" handle; the handle is Gene Strong a professional diver with a be forced along to its objective with painted yellow for easy visibility (a diver Bio/ Med background from Morgan City, brute for~, slowly and must know where his knife is at all times: Louisana, wrote the following comments gracelessly, during the working a cut from a sharp knife underwater can on the use of knives underwater: di ve. Visibility is usually between one inch and three feet. Virtually all but pure sport water diving is done in saltwater; noo-corrosive metal will lose its finish and edge in a very short while. A knife of anything but stainless steel blade which can be sharpened in a few minutes wi th a soft pocket stone . I personally carry a Kabar rigging knife which will hold an edge sharp enough to part a Y.z inch rope in one easy slice after a full day of usc. The conunon SCUBA knife which resembles a cut-down leaf spring, for sale in most sport shops, is of no value to anyone." SSG Jon Carroll , a graduate of the Special Forces Underwater DivingSchool, claims that it really doesn't make much difference if you execute a stab, thrust or a pass lUlderwater. He feels that the resistance provided by water is not that significant and that it is difficult tD remove an opponent's air hose, face mask or cut his air hose, urness you can approach him from the rear . Tn. Randall and G ...b« dIving kn l~s . Bolh Gerber "Neplune" has a doubl.·edged CeMainly, it would be more desirable use leolher sheolhs. woler'p"oofed wflh WOI( slolnl. n blade wllh lerrol/ons lor culling to have available a band-stick, shark· or lollow The Randall has a speorpolnl 7·ln(h rope; Ihe handle Is sllp·proof olumlnum wllh dart or spear gun, to engage an opponent ""OC blade. brass qulllon and mlcurto hondl. II leolher lhong. The Gerber sIleolh hos lwo with nylon Ihong: If Is d.slgn.d 10 be worn rubber s'rllps fllr IIIIoehmenl 10 Ih e call. underwater. In most cases, these on Ihe bell and lied down 10 In. Ihlgh. Tn. devices, however, are limited to one shot. The ultimate in underwater weaponry may well be a new ballistic underwater weapon system produced by the Angewandte Ingenieur Wissen schaften ( AIW ) of Neckarsulm, Ger many. Still in the development stage, it is described as a multi-capacity, semi automatic, hand-held weapon, that fires hydro-dynamically stabilized, rocket assisted, explosive projectiles contained in disposable barrels. Designated the BUW-2, it is the size of an ordinary handgwl and weighs a little over 12 ounces when loaded. It exceeds most spearguns in range and the four rounds call be fired within one second. A signal and distress cartridge can also be fired from the same launcher. The weapon's lethal capability and reliability have been proven in waters aromd South Africa and Mozambique. Unfortunately, the manufacturer fails to indicate the nature of the targets. Although primarily intended for self defense against sharks, etc., the BUW-2 could also be used against opposing forgmen. The BUW is expected to reach A welf·worn Gerber diving flghllng knll. In 8... el d'Wl r In his weI sull. 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Some, however, are more in the nature of unverifiable rumors. But, knowing the subject of this piece as well as I do, I assure you the rumor portions have a ring of exceptionally high probability. The subject of the work is " Major Noel Arsinoff" of the Israeli Air Force, for· merly a captain in the United Stales Air Force. Arsinoff graduated from the United States Air Force Academy on 3 June 1964. ( It is a matter of re cord that the Class of 64 is the most decorated to have graduated from that relatively new military academy ... its combat record will stand up against its Navy and Army counterparts with the exception of the number killed in action.) He went direcUy to pilot training and graduated Lieutenants straight out of pilot training high enough to get an assignment to the now go directly into the front seat and are backseat of the F4C Phantom IT fighter. crewed with young navigators who are One has to realize that in 1965, the year also straight out of navigation school. On Noel graduated from pilot training, the the other hand , the whole business was F4 was a "new" aircraft in the Air Force possibly - one could even say probably because he djdn't do anything out inventory. The philosophy of manning at - a bureaucratic ploy on the part of standing, but rather because GIBS lived the time held that it took two pilots to higher headquarters and the Department in the reflected glory of their front effectively fly the machine. The back of Defense to make sure that the Air seaters. Arsinoff flew his 100 missions seater was really an appcentice fighter Force would have sufficient pilots to North plus some 50 plus "other" pilot, learning by experience and on-the offset attrition in the coming un missions: close air support in the South job-training how to fly that sophisticated pleasantness over North Vietnam. and an occassional armed recon· piece of equipment. Of course, most of In any case, the then 1st Lieutenant naissance mission into Laos. the back-seaters (commonly called GIBS Arsinoff eventually ended up at Danang Arsinoff returned to the U.S. for front - Guy In the Back Seat) believed Air Base, in the back-seat of a Phantom. seat upgrading, and it was here that he otherwise .. . a set of beliefs that events Not much distin&uished Lt. Arsinoff started to show himseU a little bit out of have subsequently justifi ed 2nd during his Danang tour - not SO much the ordinary. He volunteered to fly a 54 For The U.s. And Israel by Primus Aeronautlcus lesson also supposedly learned by junior officers in the Army, particularly in the combat WIlts. It wasn't so much the nying of Lt. Arsinoff that earned him his reputation at Ubon so much as his other, somewhat unorthodox activities. Back when he was a cadet at the Academy. he had given up summer leave in order to attend jump school at Fort BeMing. Somehow, he had continued his jumping lUltil he earned his instructor rating. One night he was standing at the bar in the Ubon officers club indulging in the usual post.nying activity of Air Force combat pilots. Also present that evening were the local police chief, the Thai Border Patrol Police (BPP) com· mander, and a few U.S. Army types from the provincial advisor headquarters. The Thais, showing their great sensitivity to things cross-cultW"al, were busy learning the various dice games through which Air Force officers stand each other to libations. The BPP commander looked at U. Arsinofrs jump wings and made the off·hand remark that Thailand needed airborne troops to fight the insurgents who. then and now, were plaguing Thailand. Arsinolf asked if the Thai official was serious, and upon learning that the official was indeed serious, said, in rudimentary Thai, " I shall build you a jump school." Which he did. Arsinofffound two or three other young crazies who doubled as fighter jocks and two personal equipment men with the oplnlon aUowed hero status to those required experience. The BPP com· fighting in Vietnam, although shot down mander used his pull and arranged for and killed on official mission No. 198 was labor, and jointly, they scrounged wood actually on his 207th mission over the and other materials. Somehow (no one North.) Arsinoff returned to SEA, this knows how), airlift for the latter stages of second 100 missions over the North. It time to Ubon Air Base, Thailand in early the school was arranged. The jump was a case of where many caned, few June of 1967. He was at first one of two, towers wert built, parachutes were were chosen. The Air Force seemed and then later three, members of the procured. Within the month, the airborne reluctant in those early days of 1967 to same class in the same squadron at· school commenced operations. Before allow pilots back for a second tour in the tempting 200 North. He, along with the Arsino(f left Thailand, he and his in· "high risk area" of North Vietnam. (This other two, made it Of course, the sample structors had trained three full battalions is unverifiable by the author, but it Is is limited, but based on a comparison of of BPP. one battalion of Thai army. and rumored that less than 20 Air Force loss-rates of those trying twice versus created three speeia1 HALO (High pilots, prior to 1972, successfully com· those trying once, there Is something to Altitude, Low Opening) teams for un· pleted 200 missions North. It is further be said for allowing the experienced conventional warfare and propaganda rumored that U . Karl Richter, class of pilots to keep fiying versus trying lD missions. Arsinoff made most of the '64, a hero from the days when public spread the experience around . . . a Conlinuctl on p~gc 67 55 ""U ...are of the pOSSIbly bazanlous nalw"e 0( this open\lon before ... left ...... t hlppened, and ""'t Is lIO'II' qumion: " If "" do go In. and helloop\er homt.It'.what ..ec_ handsome, colorful patch to be sewn on blazer or hun ting jacket, a wallet How you benefit card identifying you :IS :I member of SC I, and a personalized ce rtificate suit from becoming an able for framing. Associate Member. Pe rhaps one of the most enjoyable benefi ts of all is the opportuni ty, fo r a nominal charge. 10 join fellow hunters, celebri ti es :lnd guides from all over the For an annual cil:lrge of only $ 10 you world al our anllual Irllcrnaliollai re ceive the beautiful Safari magazine , Hunters Convention, held each year in published quarterly, which includes a Las VC g:Js. The current convention is reproduction of a famous wildlife paint. schedul ed for January 29 thro ugh Feb. ing with each issue,club news. legislative I, 1975. news. progress on SC I Conservation Fund projects in schools ond else where plus Also not \0 be overlooked is the hel the very best in writing :lrI d wildlife that your doll ars 10 SC I go to support photography from within :lIld without intelligent game management, school the membership. wildlife programs and pro tect io n of hunters righ ts from which we all In addition to Safari magazine is a benefit. ,... ,...,. .. .,~...... , ..... -.,... ,--... ~~.-"_...... -_ _...... _...J...... , f'Wr"--... ,... ,._ ... ~,...... ,_ ...... c..- , ..... ,.. .. ~ " .... --J". ., ... .~ ...... ,.. ... - ... ----.. - ... ~. 58 chaplers this wilt nOI change. Howevcr great numbers of dollars and a grea t deal the principles we su bscribe t o need of effort from those members who arc Why did SCI tremendously more manpower th1m the willing to contribute IOward the accom chapters provide. plishment of th ose goals ... and it calls create Associate for a new category of membe rship. Memberships? Slaled in our PU RPOSE AND INTENT is the desire lohelp conservation effofts, That's why we crea ted the Associate 10 educate OUf youth in the proper usc Membership program. of firearms and to interest them in lhe preservat ion of our forcsts and wi ldlife It is our desi re to rapidly expand the Since its founding Safari Club Inter· while promoting good fellowship and membership of SCI 10 ac hievc these national has been a pretty excl usive the protection of our rights (0 hunt. goals and the prima ry tool we have organii31ion with very specific require chosen to do the job is Safari maga;o.i ne. men ts for mcmbership. TIlil t's a big job! We hope that all our readers will support Ihis concept and encourage their friends For regular members of our various It calls for grea l !lumbers of people, tojoin. • How SCI benefits from Associate Memberships. We benefit very simply by the increased revenue ge nerated by :I large member ship, A portion of this added income is put back in to Safari magazine in a constant eITort to make it more interest ing. This means that as o ur o rga ni;o.:ltioll grows you can expect mo re color photos in the magazine, beller paper, more stories and evcn lUally more frequent publie:ltion: idea ll y once a month, Increascd revenue also provi des funds for support or projects developed by SCI Conserva tion Fund wh ich includes the refi nement :lIld expansion of o ur school wildlife programs currently in operation in several western states and slated for expansion cast in the ncar future, I SAFA RI CLU 81 NTER NA TlONAt Dept. LEJ 871 S ; ;:::'~:~,: ,, :~;,.~~::~ I 0 Yes. I'd like 10 suppon SCI acllvilles and re<;elve I Check mull KCOm~n., Ihl. appllcallon. I Name ------ : Add .. " ------~~~i~~iji~~~~~~~~ 59 Con,inU«i I""" Po&< '7 ~ OU~ Jumpinc: """",,lMnble of the range. We would baYe 10 fly alorqj: Ooughlln and his leam stay In tbl.s area. parachutes al the mercy of tho winola. the range. find the rlgbt pull and go We'n keep you Informed of condltlono by At IIIe end of our eveninll oeasI.WI. Ihnlugb under the oven:ast. the pLIo! radio ..... move lOoth." SJIeUmalI had an of us Indlvlduoolly go flew rarther north than moot of us HI!fIlrlIini and Bro"", looked at ad! tlorough maIfunctIm and reserve chute Ibougbl he should. IIId !beD ~y otbtr and ftOdded. deployment again. After • qulct IasI banl 61 dnnometIIr 011 my left wr!Il Allncl,. ~ mlllullesbid 10'1' by ..... I ... JtilI ~ feet ~ tbt ridp. Ap ~rtIIUy • lero'll thennal ... boIlInC up OMt oIlbe~aayaa be., 1IY.11rOIdd Wp lUI In the .Ir moM aIIII • half IIlImtq btf«e I fNIly iIrIded. 'IblI .... kin« tI,,- 10 """~te the shaJ1Il'9In, In:unedIIotely below me ..-110 be eomIIC '4' III lllelMl« ..,;I 1asIer. I puDed ...... the ri&ftI riaer" willl.1I of my -,til, tr}'\ni to opUl alt OUI (film IbI oppoIIle IIdI 01 tbo cilllle, In ..". to pn!peI 1Q)'IIeIf ••., from Ihe )aUt •• fro tr hlCI ~ my ,.,\Iow 11lIII0, ...cI ~ ~lIy Moen .... .utah\' ... !be p.IaDo ",tIe IWf dn:Ie and headed _0"*" . •• 1'IIItte bid beon no I'UIOII 100' the molt 10 arbIl, .. It would be ctlllle .iWIIotdu:oe bef1n Moore aDd I <:GIIloI -'- _ QJ' dowIIlnlO !lie town. 1bey woukllook for IIIe lint toro !ami Oa their ..,. ,-, and _tao:!. \II., bopefmt1 \be ont momlnK 011 the ..dio .. lbey IItw o""r ... Neitbor tbey, ..... MOIft anlt I ~tbatlt.....w be n ...... ,. before ...... w them .gain. I ... 1cbM .. tile W"lO:::J,.tIIUy cIrl!'lld ~..... 1ancIDc ~ IWf"J be_ nil! .ad \be lop of lbI rI~ . A ",""p of people ~ fn>m """bore ... \be _taJn Wft mol MIl plcloed up tt.o mule UId II:t W"IO. I tho!i&ht nothing of It unlil I No" tbem beldlni alOIla tho DlCUllIaIn • ..,. !rom !be ...tn.ge. That .... !be LuI. time I would .tee the c.. o . It ..u .pparentlJ" " eKII ILWSfRATED CATALOG FRED L. REXER. JR • ..15 s.n ,..~ • SMite J • ttouato., T••• non (713) 112-4251 TWX .,.88I'5CX}4 c_ .. I~) 110"'1'_ " You (in sull) lind )loulul! confronted by two .... rm.d on oilonl ollocks with a slroighl·ln Ihrull. Us. assailonls, 0 ... ormedwilh a knll. (In dark shirl), Th is your weapon to guide Ihrull 10 the side, Ih.., mo". is a Iii. Oi" deolh Illuotion. Neitner ,Id. In tends to your left hand inlo polillon to grab th. wrist 01 show ony mercy. 0lso1l0nl. Concurrently . slide your right fool behind mo". con b.'.,.III ,h. assailant. (ALWAYS KEEP ONE MAN BETWEEN lime. YOU AND THE OTHER .) STREET How To Defend Yourself ./ / " Assallonl No. :2 will 0110(1. now lhol h. hOI a cl_r 8ring your hand up 10 rlghl Move orm CI' opproo(h. US8 on underhand strlk. (with long end of _iSI, Strike with short end 01 mogollne 10 I~ ,Id. of upword la h is Ihroal. L mogozine) to his solar plexus. Iniliole Inllllrlke fr om his ribs. loward your lell, sharI your rig"t hip and rna .... your righl 1001 laward him 01 pull his arm sharply de th. same li me. push al his neck 10 hell 64 lelt hond, strike Wilh ouollanl"s arm s"oightened, strike lorward and shorply with your lell arm, strike on un, end 01 mogozlne, down with your forearm jusl behind his elbow, derhond blow 10 o$1oilonl"l ribs, Continue pulling I prC\t.lhIs with a Irlend. Th is breaking it. (Th is will couse his knife to lall from his shorply on his arm which will now couse him to loll trol9trloulhil arm atlhe $(Ime now usele" arm.) forward, by Art GItlin . 1,ose Whose Hearts Are Not Purel OWCrom hll body and st rike Rel ease his orm when you o'e c&.loln he Is lolling. It You should 01 Ihis lime - lEAVE. Don', wall around. lift, orm and slort 10 pull il moy be wise 10 odminis'ar a shorp kick 10 ossoilonl The assailants moy hove accomplices wailing nearby. rply,.." In Ihe some mOlion. No. 2', head 10 finish Ihe job he slo.led, Calilhe police 0..0 guidelhem 10 your hondiwork. Iowf:,rd. Use your weapon to -Ip d'Phim bHide hi s porlner, Continued on page 71 65 RHODESIA ••• Coo ...... r""" , ... ), AlIlIlI tlmt fit writq ta UJ. t. 1IIIlI buy\n,C hIi~de RIyy!e"NI <:bl"tmltt Cb:Ier U. prov\IIom of em 8JnI ~L TbiI amondrnont, banft!', bat beu *" ...... ill the &Nte .., ...111 adIon br \hi Ho .... "'"' tile &u.e adI remaIna 10 "- _ W. If It ~ Ibo Savlte..ewID be tfacl; In u.. ~WOlldlNllcl CllDtitIcQ of 'I'OIuItartb' J'IIlIIni the ""'''' of OW' Jr\. duItriaI ,~ rtpI blI.o lIMo budI Gf ThI CaIlfcmk _tor who Ita,,", hII ....---for 10 ~ flhr4MllII 0'0IIni dInme ...... end tIIIII ill tbo kUen UJhunn ollhe Montnlll ~r : ..".. r- .... ,... ___ 111 , "'1 J.lt.r ~ II. ... '. "I ....' hue .. 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""" III tbem, I ml&bt • ...u ten II, About Jan\wy, 1111, the p..,., c..p. made Ie.. pi ...oee feh fa the ProoiDce where Ubaa \I Ioeated. 1, IIDd _ of ~ ..1IoDtd tbtft GIll)' ~ one ewp.q.u. petICNIly - • ,000:1 \oOtItIi • ....u.wJt. Itt ••bo,) bI At La..stYou L e arn About Locks FroID These Illus trated Manuo.ls .---=-_:.:"'.:;;,.e~=· .--... ._ ...... -~--__ __... -' ...- ,._ .. -- --... ~ ... .----.-.-.- ....--_. .. -....~- -...... ------_, ...... ---- ..... - !._... ..'!I.~- _ '...... _.. ----- . '1:.'. -:.~':'-"'-.. -:'::= - 1::':"_...... -...... -- - ~--"~------S F 0 _ .. -00. 0. ~_c _~O__-TJJIc_ " .... - -'..... 11 ::.::-~:. .... '------_-_._-...... __--_ .. _- .. -- ...... - -- " " ,"",,'. rullJ ,bo,," all Noel did III lib Iadaria ..... fended b)r !be NIne 0e0p11O mart1 ..... b n..IlaDd ..... -"" SEA IDur _ relady, ~ the""" dem.., .... m.ttIr of, .t ...., n"" lao!nS an aira'ew • day, 1hallaDd dld not thai Ia.. Noel """,,,yed the bI&t.e.t .....d -..II. 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BeIlcles.1hey blow _'rt here. 1"11 numerlble !mIbI .... wllb fOU'IC fIcher bomb !lie aI'A tad of It, bet_ the pIIolI, ~ u.- ""'" bad Irom InI<* aDd !he bonk. lei me tab It all, COIIlbat ... SEA, or Eurap. or KoreL n.e oIi; ! " bQe _ .... peered Into II.. , loom "CK. Whk:h • .,youcomln.g In and o/f, -1IPOkt: .. I an bllDdlldo ...... !" " WIlli ill !be hotIl Ie ICIiflC OIl bereT Wby " ,"",'. try II'd Rt 'em ICI apin. am. II tIIIl damII D'I 72 altitude, and the "Mole," designed under shadow-wars fought by phantom per Conununist block scientists endeavor to the "Casey Jones" project which would sonnel have been the rule, and the adapt the most recent scientific derail Axis trains ... only in a crowded technology of clandestine hardware has breakthrough to the field of clandestine. alpine twmel. The "Moles" were first kept apace. 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