Shadows in the Sand (Special Order ALLOW 5-7 Days) - Bezuidenhout, Leon & Kamongo, Sisingi

A Koevoet trackers Story of an Insurgency 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 AfricanAngolan 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.

Softcover. English. 30 Degrees South. 2011. ISBN: 9780620474795. 320 pp. NEW. Book No: 2507435