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I just finished reading the book Soldier Five by Mike Colburn. This is the third book I have read about SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero from the Gulf War.

The other two books are Bravo Two Zero and The One That Got Away.

The story is generally the same. An eight man British SAS patrol is helo inserted into Iraq in 1991. They were compromised early in the process and attempted to Escape and Evade (E & E) all the way to Syria. Four members of the patrol were captured, three died, and one made it into Syria (he authored the One that Got Away).

All three of these books tell the same story from a slighlty different angle. The story from the collectiion of books is that support of front line troops in absolutely critical. In this case, this patrol was abandoned by their command in a way that would be found unacceptable by any means.

Bravo Two Zero is probably the better written book of the three but the other two directly respond to some of the claims made about the patrol.

After the eleciton, I am going to have to sit down and write out the story of my unit in Iraq. When I got back I had eight offers to consider publishing. I just need to stop being lazy.

Comments

By floatingfoam @ Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:15 AM

You've got a book in you? Write it. Write it now!

Don't wait. You never know what might happen. The election is pretty much over, anyways.

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