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The Special Air Service Legacy

by Charles Hebden

197 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-2575; ISBN 1-4251-5725-4; US$22.37, C$25.72, EUR17.44, £11.56

How do the men of the Special Foces get on when the excitement has gone?
Written by a man who inherited this legacy and fought it for a number of years.

About the Book

Charles Hebden finds life very difficult indeed once he has left the Special Forces. He is constantly on the lookout for changes to his lifestyle both at work and at play. Anything which might offer excitement or just a change of scenery becomes almost an obsession with him. He tries many things in a number of overseas countries and even volunteered to be a Mercenary in Angola. However, after his first experience into Bush Country with a combined Troop of Local soldiers and Mercenaries he realised, just in time, that the Mercenaries life was one far removed from that of the Special Forces soldier.

About the Author

Born into a family of nine children where he was the youngest, at the age of 15 he joined the Army as as Apprentice in 1947 after forging his parents signatures giving him permission to do so. At the age of 18 he was transferred to the Royal Engineers as a Sapper where at the age of 20, he volunteered for service in Malaya with the The Malayan Scouts under the command of that famous soldier "Mad" Mike Calvert. A few months into his contract the Regiment was renamed The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment. He left at the end of his contract and joined the R.E.M.E. where he served up to the time he packed it all in having become extremely bored with his life as an ordinary soldier. He found work with a Government agency and served in Africa in a number of roles. Due to the red tape that existed he left and sought his fortune as an Expatriate in various African Countries.

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