Deaths of UXO specialists
Deaths of UXO specialists
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These guys, and those who do this work, are without doubt absolute heroes. I have a mate, ex-NZ Army, who was with HALO in Cambodia for 5 years in the mid to late 90's, and I will never forget him telling me how they used to clear the minefields, a metre square at a time, and how they trained locals in the work. It took nerves of steel I reckon, lying flat poking the ground ahead with a metal rod. One time I was in Saigon, 1999, and my mate was going to come over to visit for some R&R, he rang and said he would be delayed due to an accident at work. I said, was it serious? He replied, well while we always try to see the funny side, in this case there's not too many laughs. Ice cold, man. If anyone was around the minefields in those days, PM me and I will give you my mates name, you may know him, he was in charge of a large area upcountry, now safe at home in NZ.
These guys, and those who do this work, are without doubt absolute heroes. I have a mate, ex-NZ Army, who was with HALO in Cambodia for 5 years in the mid to late 90's, and I will never forget him telling me how they used to clear the minefields, a metre square at a time, and how they trained locals in the work. It took nerves of steel I reckon, lying flat poking the ground ahead with a metal rod. One time I was in Saigon, 1999, and my mate was going to come over to visit for some R&R, he rang and said he would be delayed due to an accident at work. I said, was it serious? He replied, well while we always try to see the funny side, in this case there's not too many laughs. Ice cold, man. If anyone was around the minefields in those days, PM me and I will give you my mates name, you may know him, he was in charge of a large area upcountry, now safe at home in NZ.
" Tried being reasonable. Didn't like it" (Clint Eastwood)
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