Bringing A Paratrooper Home

Oct 7, 2022 · 41m 23s
Bringing A Paratrooper Home
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In this audio, we follow the men of the 1 Parachute Battalion as they fight in the Angolan Bush War during the 1970s. Bringing a Paratrooper Home an intimate and...

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In this audio, we follow the men of the 1 Parachute Battalion as they fight in the Angolan Bush War during the 1970s. Bringing a Paratrooper Home an intimate and powerful account of military courage in the face of great danger and how paratroopers band together to go and find their comrade missing in action and look to recover his remains.

Mike McWilliams tells this heart rendering story of a paratrooper missing in action and what happened to him on that fateful day.

Mike McWilliams from the Parabat Veterans Organisation shares and explains about the project to bring Andries (Skillie) Human home, a paratrooper who was missing in action at the Battle for Cassinga in May 1978. Mike talks about the challenges to get permissions and raise the money for the project. He shares what he thought may have happened to Skillie.
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