Sporran Legion? ; Is the Answer to an Overstretched Army to Rely On Our...
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IN the swirling monsoon of Oman in 1972, a force of 400 Communist rebels sneaked towards the village of Mirbat, intent on slitting the throats of the tiny handful of Special Air Service men in the fort there.
They would have succeeded, too, had it not been for the tenacity of the SAS cadre and, in particular, Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba who single-handedly took over a 25lb field gun, an artillery piece normally crewed by three men.See the full content of this document
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Sporran Legion? ; Is the Answer to an Overstretched Army to Rely On Our...
For six hours Sgt Labalaba loaded, aimed, manoeuvred and fired the massive gun, despite horrific wounds.
He let his colleagues get into a stronger position from where they held out until RAF Strikemaster jets and SAS reinforcements at last saw off the insurgents. By then, Sgt Labalaba was dead.Tales of such willing s...See the full content of this document
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