Quite a nice photograph of a combat jump.

[Guymullins]

Originally Posted by Dusty

lol He was playing it safe, Bro.

Hollywood tells me all you Americans have every new gadget the minute it is launched. Have we been deceived....again?

[ZonieDiver]

Some of us old guys are more attuned to "kindling" than "Kindles"!

The first time I had ever heard of Angola, or "The Bush," was as a kid (probably 12 or 13ish) reading my Soldier of Fortune magazines. Thanks for the brief summary, Guy.

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by Sarski

The first time I had ever heard of Angola, or "The Bush," was as a kid (probably 12 or 13ish) reading my Soldier of Fortune magazines. Thanks for the brief summary, Guy.

So... that's what happened to you!

Originally Posted by ZonieDiver

So... that's what happened to you!

Negative, ZonieDiver, it was when I started cuting out the pictures of tanks and choppers and pinning them on my wall when we really noticed the changes

[PRB]

I remember your jump Guy..I was in Italy in the 509th ABCT at the time. We were envious but with Jimmy Carter as Pres we had a better chance of jumping thru our own asses.
Good luck with your book.

[Guymullins]

Originally Posted by PRB

I remember your jump Guy..I was in Italy in the 509th ABCT at the time. We were envious but with Jimmy Carter as Pres we had a better chance of jumping thru our own asses.
Good luck with your book.

Thanks PRB, there is not really any money in it, being a bit of a specialized subject. In retrospect, I should have called it Harry Potter and the Camp of Doom. It is however in its second edition already, so for a SA military book, it is doing very well. It is quite a quick read. Only 40 000 words. The publisher says the target audience of mainly Paratroopers, have the attention span of goldfish, so perhaps that is why it is quite popular.

[MK262MOD1]

I to will be getting all 3.

[TiroFijo]

Wow, great foto

I remember at the time watching pictures of the wrecks of the SWAPO and captured equipment and at the same time reading about Cuba's great victories in Angola...

[Guymullins]

Originally Posted by TiroFijo

Wow, great foto

I remember at the time watching pictures of the wrecks of the SWAPO and captured equipment and at the same time reading about Cuba's great victories in Angola...

Yes Tiro, we were no good at propaganda, and the truth was not palatable to anyone, not even our friends in the West. I see you are from Asuncsion in Paraguy. This operation took place on Ascension Day 1978. Many souls went to heaven on that day.It was the last war the Soviets and their surrogates, the Cubans were involved in before the Berlin Wall came down. As a result, neither Namibia or SA were cursed with a Communist Dictatorship when majority rule was granted. It is a great pity Rhodesia could not hold out as long, but got the Communist Dictator Mugabe instead.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Guymullins

Yes Tiro, we were no good at propaganda, and the truth was not palatable to anyone, not even our friends in the West. I see you are from Asuncsion in Paraguy. This operation took place on Ascension Day 1978. Many souls went to heaven on that day.It was the last war the Soviets and their surrogates, the Cubans were involved in before the Berlin Wall came down. As a result, neither Namibia or SA were cursed with a Communist Dictatorship when majority rule was granted. It is a great pity Rhodesia could not hold out as long, but got the Communist Dictator Mugabe instead.

I've often wondered why the world is so blind to how phenomenally screwed-up that situation turned out.

You can't change it by going over there and adopting pet kids, either.

[TiroFijo]

Originally Posted by Guymullins

Yes Tiro, we were no good at propaganda, and the truth was not palatable to anyone, not even our friends in the West. I see you are from Asuncsion in Paraguy. This operation took place on Ascension Day 1978. Many souls went to heaven on that day.It was the last war the Soviets and their surrogates, the Cubans were involved in before the Berlin Wall came down. As a result, neither Namibia or SA were cursed with a Communist Dictatorship when majority rule was granted. It is a great pity Rhodesia could not hold out as long, but got the Communist Dictator Mugabe instead.

It is a real shame that Rhodesia could not hold... that period of time should be remembered with shame by the West, what a show of hypocrisy and stupidity. Since Paraguay was one of the few SA friends at the time I got "Panorama" magazines and the SA point of view too. Later in '91-93 I got to study in SA and traverl around africa to see things firsthand.

All the people and nations that were so shocked by the white rulers in africa are so unconcerned today about the "majority rule" dictators, their hideous crimes, and blatant incompetence.

[Guymullins]

Originally Posted by TiroFijo

It is a real shame that Rhodesia could not hold... that period of time should be remembered with shame by the West, what a show of hypocrisy and stupidity. Since Paraguay was one of the few SA friends at the time I got "Panorama" magazines and the SA point of view too. Later in '91-93 I got to study in SA and traverl around africa to see things firsthand.

All the people and nations that were so shocked by the white rulers in africa are so unconcerned today about the "majority rule" dictators, their hideous crimes, and blatant incompetence.

I spent a few years in Rhodesia, it was the nicest country I have ever been to and funnily enough, it had the best race relations too. Ian Smith was the most honest politician in the world at the time, and this was one of the reasons for his downfall. He could not ever really believe the British duplicity.

[busa]

Originally Posted by Dusty

You can't change it by going over there and adopting pet kids, either.

Maybe I'll burn in Hell but, that's flat ass funny to me.

[Ambush Master]

Originally Posted by Guymullins

This was taken in 1978 during an assault on a fortified enemy base in Angola. We were under fairly heavy fire while descending so you can see I have unfastened my belly band so as to have my rifle immediately to hand on landing. The white cloud is in fact smoke from a bomb run made 3 minutes before P Hour.

Just a quick question Guy, what altitude did you Folks Jump from?? It looks awfully high for a Combat Jump!!

Later
Martin