EPISODE · Nov 27, 2022 · 8 MIN
Paratrooper Combat Jump
from Historic Military Interviews · host John
In this video, we follow the men of the 1 Parachute Battalion as they fight in the Angolan Bush War during the 1970s. Paratrooper Combat Jump tells the story of Skillie Human who would be killed in combat at Cassinga. Paratrooper Combat Jump is a powerful account of military courage in the face of great danger and how paratroopers band together to go and find their comrade missing in action and look to recover his remains. Mike McWilliams tells this heart rendering story of a paratrooper missing in action and what happened to him on that fateful day. Mike McWilliams from the Parabat Veterans Organisation shares and explains about the project to bring Andries (Skillie) Human home, a paratrooper who was missing in action at the Battle for Cassinga in May 1978.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historic-military-interviews--5668402/support.
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In this video, we follow the men of the 1 Parachute Battalion as they fight in the Angolan Bush War during the 1970s. Paratrooper Combat Jump tells the story of Skillie Human who would be killed in combat at Cassinga. Paratrooper Combat Jump is a powerful account of military courage in the face of great danger and how paratroopers band together to go and find their comrade missing in action and look to recover his remains. Mike McWilliams tells this heart rendering story of a paratrooper missing in action and what happened to him on that fateful day. Mike McWilliams from the Parabat Veterans Organisation shares and explains about the project to bring Andries (Skillie) Human home, a paratrooper who was missing in action at the Battle for Cassinga in May 1978.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historic-military-interviews--5668402/support.
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