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Hands to Boarding Stations: The Story of Minesweeper Hmas Hawk: Confrontation with Indonesia 1965-1966 - Hardcover
As President Sukarno of Indonesia began his confrontation with the new Malaysia, Britian and Australia armed forces were rushed to the area to counter raiding parties. The RAN provided ships, one of them being the Minesweeper Hawk and this book written by her Captain is about her tour of duty around the mine-strewn reefs of north Borneo.
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- PublisherAustralian Military History Publications
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1876439211
- ISBN 13 9781876439217
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages136
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Hands to Boarding Stations Australian Minesweeper HMAS HAWK. Operations in the Indonesian Confrontation 1965-1966
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Australian Military History Publications, Sydney
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ISBN 10: 1876439211
ISBN 13: 9781876439217
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. A new copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. 125 pages. The author's personal account of HMAS Hawk's operations under his command recalling how his men prepared for an unknown mission, which was about to be undertaken without any real understanding of the volatile situation in South East Asia at the time. Periods of isolation and boredom, interrupted by tension and fear, were the norm. There were occasions of significant danger. Includes nominal list 1965-1966. Seller Inventory # 186377
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