19 WITH A BULLET:
A SOUTH AFRICAN PARATROOPER IN ANGOLA
and some other Military books now available from Just Done Productions
(see at end)
A rough, tough ’Bat in the bush wars of Namibia and Angola R250
19 with a Bullet—A South African paratrooper in Angola is a fast-moving, action-packed account of Granger Korff’s two years’ service during 1980/81 with 1 Parachute Battalion at the height of the South African ‘bush war’ in South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. Apart from the ‘standard’ counter-insurgency activities of Fireforce operations, ambushing and patrols, to contact and destroy SWAPO guerrillas, he was involved in several massive South African Defence Force (SADF) conventional cross-border operations, such as Protea, Daisy and Carnation, into Angola to take on FAPLA (Angolan MPLA troops) and their Cuban and Soviet allies. Having grown up as an East Rand rebel street-fighter, Korff’s military ‘career’ is marred with controversy. He is always in trouble—going AWOL on the eve of battle in order to get to the front; facing a court martial for beating up, and reducing to tears, a sergeant-major in front of the troops; fist-fighting with Drug Squad agents; arrested at gunpoint after the grueling seven-week, 700km Recce selection endurance march—are but some of the colourful anecdotes that lace this account of service in the SADF.
Granger Korff. 1960—Cassius Clay won Olympic gold in Rome; the Beatles made their debut in Germany; apartheid was ‘booming’ in South Africa; and Granger Korff was born on the East Rand near Johannesburg to a realtor father and budding-actress mother. “The apartheid system was sewn tight as a Zulu drum and the country moved to a slow beat,” he says of the times. He grew up in the mining town of Benoni, a quiet child initially, before ‘enjoying’ a colourful school career as a musician and quick-fisted rebel, attending a string of different schools for a string of different reasons. He graduated in 1979—alone from the public library. In 1985, plagued by his demons from the bush war, he travelled to the USA on a four-month boxing/vacation walkabout where he haunted the mean streets of Los Angeles, scrapping and boxing to survive. Ike Turner and Mickey Rourke were his drinking buddies and he almost became Jake LaMotta’s (‘The Raging Bull’) son-in-law. Twenty-four years later, Granger still lives in LA, where he runs a small plumbing business.
Who this book will interest:
- Readers of military history and memoirs from southern Africa
- Readers wanting an insight and understanding of the apartheid ‘grunt’ soldiers
- Casual readers who enjoy an un-put-downable, racy yarn
- A rare, unusual, in-your-face military account by a Parabat—elite SADF troops
- Rough, shocking, brutal, yet always honest and always entertaining
- Extensive southern African and worldwide market for military titles such as this—in the same vein as Fireforce, Chickenhawk and Devil’s Guard
“Totally authentic, I-was-there account of a real ‘soldier’s war’ ... by a boots-on-the-ground troopie”
James Mitchell, Star
“… brought back the heat and dust of Ovambo like a sucker punch”
Leon Engelbrecht, defenceWeb
“A blood-pounding shoot ’em up; from a boots-on-the-ground paratrooper fighting Swapo terrorists in southern Africa. A must for the student of unconventional warfare”
Lt-Col Robert Brown, Soldier of Fortune
“A vivid description of the Border War as seen through a young Parabat conscript’s eyes: the tracking, the contact, the confusion of war, the deaths. The writing of the period in the army is fluid and compelling ... and brutal”
David McLennan, Select Books
“Opinionated, brash, brutally honest and bloody marvellous. I loved it”
Jacqui Thompson, bestselling author of An Unpopular War
“A fascinatingly tough read, a compelling trip into the insanity of war”
Robert C. Mason, bestselling author of Chickenhawk
“An instant classic”
Kevin Richie, The Star
Other MILITARY BOOKS recently added to Just Done Productions website
| West of the Moon
A Game ranger at War | Counter Strike from the Sky | The Border | Vlamgat
The Mirage F1 in the SAAF | From Flegling to Eagle
SAAF during the Border War |
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| Early Zululand and a game ranger at war in Rhodesia. | The Rhodesian All-Arms Fireforce in the War in the Bush 1974–1980. Includes DVD. | The Border is a racy drama set against the backdrop of southern Africa’s border wars in the 1980’s. | Vlamgat is a gripping account of the pilots of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force and their deeds of bravery; their experiences are authentically related with accuracy, humour and pathos—by the author, himself a Vlammie. Second Edition. | The crucible of combat over 23 years forged the fledgling South African Air Force into a formidable strike weapon, capable of defeating the best Soviet air defences of the time.
Foreword by Col Jan Breytenbach. |
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R145.00 | Price
R250.00 | Price
R295.00 |
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Gameranger was the Senior Game Ranger on a large game reserve in 
