Shadows in the Sand: A Koevoet trackers story of an insurgency war

ISBN: 0620474793

Author: Kamongo, Sisingi

Condition: New

Where dust can tell time ... for the first time, a Koevoet operatives story of the bush war This is the story of a Kavango tracker who served for six years with Koevoet (Crowbar), the elite South African Police anti-terrorist unit, during the South West African-Angolan bush war of the 80s. Most white team leaders lasted only two years; the black trackers walked the tracks for years. Sisingi Kamongo tells the story of the 50 or so firefights he was involved in; he survived five anti-personnel mine and POMZ explosions and an RPG rocket on his Casspir APC vehicle; he was wounded three times; he tells of the trackers looking for the shadows on the ground, facing ambush and AP mines at every turn; he tells of the art of tracking ... where dust can tell time. Kamongos story is supported by two accounts from renowned Koevoet team leaders, Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit-a powerful collection of experiences from South Africas most successful counter-insurgency unit.