Description: Sas South Georgia Boating Club by Shaw, Tony, ISBN 1399087762, ISBN-13 9781399087766, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Many aspire to serve with the Special Air Service, arguably the world’s most prestigious regiment, but few achieve their aim. In this inspiring memoir the author describes how he left school without any qualifications and embarked on a 30 year career much of it spent in Hereford, including four years in 'The Regiment’. Against the odds he rose through the ranks before being commissioned and eventually retiring as a attached to 22 SAS as a signaler, he volunteered for and passed 'Selection’, the most grueling and demanding of tests. He was posted to D Squadron Boat Troop with whom he saw active service in the Falklands War, Northern Ireland and the UK counter-terrorist team. Thanks to the diary he kept during the Falklands War, the reader is treated to a gripping first-hand account of the intense action that he and his colleagues experienced, including recces, diversionary attacks, raids and ambushes both on South Georgia and the Falklands he commanded the Royal Signals troop supporting D Squadron, 22 SAS before commissioning and later on pursuing a second career as a security consultant in various Middle Eastern is a privilege to read this commendably modest account of one man’s unique career which provides a fascinating insight into elite special forces soldiering.
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Book Title: Sas South Georgia Boating Club : an Sas Trooper's Memoir and Falklands War Diary
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Topic: Military / General, Personal Memoirs, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Military
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Tony Shaw
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover