"You drill him again just make sure." Yep that is what you do. This man is just like my first platoon sergeant in the US Army Rangers (he was a veteran of the Rhodesian Light Infantry). Solid.
Boomer I pray for you & yours. God bless & save the Boer 🙏 btw I Love boomers. Greatest generation apart from the those who made them & fought in WWII. Please be well 🇺🇸
@@christopherwithers9019 Thank you, truth is I got that nickname when I was a 18 year old Paratrooper. I got in a fight in Italy and tuned up a combat engineer. The Sergeant Major put me on the Battalion boxing team, and my first fight I was getting my ass beat. I connected in the 5th round and knocked the dude out with a 1-2 combo. After that it was Boom-Boom which evolved to Boomer. Then all these millennials started this Boomer bullshit ... I was Boomer long before they were born. I dig the Boers, they are a solid pragmatic group of people. Thanks again brother.
@@ViktoriousDead No dingbat, he said he tuned up a pouge ass engineer. It means he beat him up, he never said he was an engineer... he even says he was a paratrooper at the time. You should learn how to read you illiterate mountain troll.
Please write your books. When youtube goes away your personal accounts will be harder to find. Much love and respect from an ex Bulawayo boy you helped defend. I admire your acknowledgement that two sides fought the war for different reasons, and your very decently worded descriptions don`t describe some of the horrors you have witnessed, but may I ask that a lot more of the gory details be added to add emphasis to the brutal truth of war. God speed Rhodesian hero.
On the bottom right hand in the description box is 3 hozotional dots, click that and click on "open transcript" and then click "Toggle timestamp" and he can copy and paste out his own words that he hasspoken and paste then into open office or word or notepad and he will have the beginnings of a book
Another excellent story from the war days. And a great theme to frame it; greed. That’s part of what has led to the downfall of Zimbabwe since independence. Thank you very much indeed.
Sounds like it was a good day to teach those communist a very important lesson... Great video and amazing story as usual, I like that you took the time to mention your tracking strategies, it's interesting to see how war "works" in such ways. I think it's also very interesting to compare how you Rhodesians fought and moved, to how the terrorists did.
Yes the tracking was paramount. I used the bushmen in caprivi and they were mind boggling. They could even track off the front of the buffel at speed and even from the allouet and they were like Jack Russell terriers in a rat infested barn.. in battle they were ruthless and at night they were the friendliest people. No wonder they were shunned by the new black government
Great story , I love hearing your stories , we know that Mugabe hated all the Rhodesian war stories and we now know from sources very close to him that the slogan “ Rhodesians never die “ gave him rages of anger and bitterness over many years which I imagine kept boiling inside of him to his last days.
I don't know quite what it is, but listening to these stories reminds me a lot of when my grandfather and I would sit out on the back porch with a jack and coke in our hands, and I would just listen to him talk about everything he did when he was young. He worked on his dad's ranch and was arguably the best horseman in Jackson at the time. Later, he worked for marel packing company and went around a decent part of the country. Finally, he opened a meat shop in Onamia with my grandmother, where I would visit a lot when I was younger. He lives in Arizona know, and he's getting to be an old bugger, but there's a lot that I'd give up just to get him on a horse one last time. I don't know why these videos remind me of my grandpa, he's not South African or Rhodesian. He was never in the military. And I guess to most, he led a pretty uneventful life. But I'm glad these remind me of him, and I'm glad you make these videos. I guess I just want to say, thank you for doing these, and for making a young punk think back on some of the most important times in his life, even if he didn't realize they were at the time
I love the description of the zambezi valley. I was never there as we lived in Fort Vic, Chiredzi & lastly in a farm in Que Que. We spent as much time in the bush as we could.
You are a magnificent story teller. I hope you will put this all in print, it might not survive future purges of history otherwise. I've read "Pride of Eagles" and "Rhodesian Air Force Operations", plus I recently acquired a copy of CHOPPERTECH. Your experiences are every bit as interesting and dramatic as anything told by Prop Geldenhuys or Beaver Shaw. I would certainly buy your book.
Good God, this guy is one hell of a hoss. This kind of stuff is hard to find firsthand accounts about. I thank you for your contribution to the preservation of one of my favorite historical subjects, the War in Rhodesian
I am learning a great deal about moving through the woods from you. Thank you. Perhaps you could do a video on tracking spoor and moving without leaving much.
I tip my hat sir Loved how you summed this one up. Hope you have a book out there for me to read. And if not I hope you get cracking on one. Either way I’ll keep watching, cheers.
Can you tell us what tune is used at5he beginning of your videos? I’d like to hear the whole song. Your observations on tracking and history are fascinating. These are great videos! Thanks from the US!
Been in the Zambezi valley 3 times. Beautiful place. Thanks to the tsetse no domestic animals there…:only wild animals exist there. Thankyou for these stories. We in South Africa are very concerned about the future now. We were warned and nobody in the world listened…just like nobody listened to the Smith Govt of Rhodesia. I’m just glad the SADF managed to eventually give the communists one almighty blood nose in Angola. Together with the war in Afghanistan at the time and another war in Soviet territory…it broke the back of communist Russia.
I didn't realize until many years after I left the US Army in 1992 that the cause to fight communism wherever it was, was a productive cause. The communists always invade first but if they conquered, their societies become basket cases(the two Koreas being the most telling). Many more communists die from poor infrastructure and negligence than war. One military historian explained that one US result of the Vietnam war was having hundreds of thousands more combat trained men that worried the Soviet Union.
Derivatives, quantitative easing,reserve fractional lending, We (usa) can learn a lot from this Warrior. Greed has truly taken its effects on this nation.
Much respect, Sir. " We can sleep in our beds at night because strong men stand ready to do violence on our behalf ". Human nature always seems to want more, as you say, which is acceptable as long as you aren't taking it from someone else.
i am amazed at your love of country and of freedom,you are to be commended to the highest degree,you fought an dirty cowardly insurgency... that never delivered anything but robert mugabees tyrannical dictatorship and his successor`s were even more wicked and vengeful than him......rhodesia is now very impoverished and begging the white farmers to return,i assume some might,but your generation gave everything for love of nation,i wish the younger people who believe marxism is good should be required to hear your truth.....thanx for your stories,they are awesome .....sir....long.life ang good health to you and yours and thank you for preservtng freedom in your contienent........
The CCP have recently launched a competition for the the best party anecdote. First Prize: International stay-cation to the Russian Gulag Archipelago. Second Prize: 35 years, Third Prize: 35 years. All applicants get a runners-up prize of 35 years.
Great story as always. Would be nice to have a map of Rhodesia just to give viewers some idea of what part of the country you are in. The Zambesi valley - does this include everywhere along the valley of the Zambesi - Msuna, Mlibizi etc - or is it more the area under Matusadona across and then right across, past Karoi and to the east?
The Zambezi Valley really stretched from the end of the gorge( downstream from the dam wall) to the Mozambique border in the east. But during the war most of the area of concern was east from the bridge to Zambia ( Chirundu) to the Mozambique border. The Valley, as we called it (never the Zambezi valley, as everyone knew where we talking about) was hot, dry riddled with Tsetse flies (like a horse fly that gives cattle & sometimes people sleeping sickness), Mosquitoes & Mopane Flies, that were tiny little insects that flew into your eyes, nostrils & ears looking for moisture. It was a hot, humid & harsh environment & this is why the terrorists tried to traverse it in one night
I have a question , (if anyone could answer i'd be grateful) i noticed you use a lot of afrikaans / slang , like donga is afrikaans , and rhodesians would say "ek se" and even words like spoor , did rhodesians have a knowledge of afrikaans past basic level ? or was this just slang that had crossed the border? just a curiousity of mine , feedback from anyone with knowledge is appreciated
@@SW-yu2zz thanks. The general southern man is a honest one. We call it as we see it. That way we don't trip ourselves with our own lies. I walked 6000km on combat and I only had 2 contact. But boy do I have some stories. I hated the army with a passion but on hindsight I am glad I did it. Made me stronger Like we say. In afrikaans... What does not kill you makes you fat. Or a farmer /boer makes a plan
@@AnnE-mn8ny Thanks for sharing Ann , i used to work for RBS Natwest bank and had a Rhodesian lady on the phone called Ann ,im an ulster man myself but much like most rhodesians/south africans she was so polite and i had a chat with her for about 20 minutes , i have the upmost respect for your people , 2 of my grandparents are english and my grandfather served in malaya and NI , he always loved Rhodesia too thats where my interest began
it's ground maize which, when mixed with water and boiled, produced a semi-solid paste. This was mixed with meat, fish, vegetables or just gravy to make a meal - usually eaten using one's hands.
bitter old Rhodesian, i bet the thought of Robert Mugabe and the liberation he and the Zimbabweans accomplished against his colonial oppressor camp still makes this man shudder even today
Zimbabwe bankruptcy inflation desease ridden. Oh yeah massive corruption in every layer of government. Hmmm should I go on? 30 years later and it's now hell on earth. Really well done really just amazing people you have governing that fine country. Lololo
good to hear the stories of the last great free african nation. Lang Lewe Rhodesie bru
"You drill him again just make sure." Yep that is what you do. This man is just like my first platoon sergeant in the US Army Rangers (he was a veteran of the Rhodesian Light Infantry). Solid.
Boomer I pray for you & yours. God bless & save the Boer 🙏 btw I Love boomers. Greatest generation apart from the those who made them & fought in WWII. Please be well 🇺🇸
@@christopherwithers9019 Thank you, truth is I got that nickname when I was a 18 year old Paratrooper. I got in a fight in Italy and tuned up a combat engineer. The Sergeant Major put me on the Battalion boxing team, and my first fight I was getting my ass beat. I connected in the 5th round and knocked the dude out with a 1-2 combo. After that it was Boom-Boom which evolved to Boomer. Then all these millennials started this Boomer bullshit ... I was Boomer long before they were born. I dig the Boers, they are a solid pragmatic group of people. Thanks again brother.
@@ViktoriousDead No dingbat, he said he tuned up a pouge ass engineer. It means he beat him up, he never said he was an engineer... he even says he was a paratrooper at the time. You should learn how to read you illiterate mountain troll.
Please write your books. When youtube goes away your personal accounts will be harder to find. Much love and respect from an ex Bulawayo boy you helped defend.
I admire your acknowledgement that two sides fought the war for different reasons, and your very decently worded descriptions don`t describe some of the horrors you have witnessed, but may I ask that a lot more of the gory details be added to add emphasis to the brutal truth of war.
God speed Rhodesian hero.
On the bottom right hand in the description box is 3 hozotional dots, click that and click on "open transcript" and then click "Toggle timestamp" and he can copy and paste out his own words that he hasspoken and paste then into open office or word or notepad and he will have the beginnings of a book
This man is an expert tracker, listen to him closely and you'll learn something.
I am so impressed by this man's tracking skills and logical deductions made from signs found during the track. Amazing.
Another excellent story from the war days. And a great theme to frame it; greed. That’s part of what has led to the downfall of Zimbabwe since independence. Thank you very much indeed.
A big part. Debt is a hell of a handy bit of leverage!
Sounds like it was a good day to teach those communist a very important lesson...
Great video and amazing story as usual, I like that you took the time to mention your tracking strategies, it's interesting to see how war "works" in such ways.
I think it's also very interesting to compare how you Rhodesians fought and moved, to how the terrorists did.
Yes the tracking was paramount. I used the bushmen in caprivi and they were mind boggling. They could even track off the front of the buffel at speed and even from the allouet and they were like Jack Russell terriers in a rat infested barn.. in battle they were ruthless and at night they were the friendliest people. No wonder they were shunned by the new black government
Your tracking skills are off the hook Sir!
This gentleman really has his shit together
Very interesting now that you mention it. Malema also refers to himself as "Son of the soil".
Didn't even know that had historical background.
Son of nightsoil
This was my thought as well
Great story , I love hearing your stories , we know that Mugabe hated all the Rhodesian war stories and we now know from sources very close to him that the slogan “ Rhodesians never die “ gave him rages of anger and bitterness over many years which I imagine kept boiling inside of him to his last days.
I don't know quite what it is, but listening to these stories reminds me a lot of when my grandfather and I would sit out on the back porch with a jack and coke in our hands, and I would just listen to him talk about everything he did when he was young. He worked on his dad's ranch and was arguably the best horseman in Jackson at the time. Later, he worked for marel packing company and went around a decent part of the country. Finally, he opened a meat shop in Onamia with my grandmother, where I would visit a lot when I was younger. He lives in Arizona know, and he's getting to be an old bugger, but there's a lot that I'd give up just to get him on a horse one last time. I don't know why these videos remind me of my grandpa, he's not South African or Rhodesian. He was never in the military. And I guess to most, he led a pretty uneventful life. But I'm glad these remind me of him, and I'm glad you make these videos. I guess I just want to say, thank you for doing these, and for making a young punk think back on some of the most important times in his life, even if he didn't realize they were at the time
A Great story would be happy to hear more.
5RR - you are a natural born story-teller, a rarity today. Folks, light the campfire, then sit and listen.
Thank you for another detailed recollection.
I love the description of the zambezi valley. I was never there as we lived in Fort Vic, Chiredzi & lastly in a farm in Que Que. We spent as much time in the bush as we could.
Thank you so much for this amazing content sir. The world is lucky to have men like you!
Another enjoyable story to listen to. Thanks.
Good story teller. Keep them stories coming.excellent
You are a magnificent story teller. I hope you will put this all in print, it might not survive future purges of history otherwise. I've read "Pride of Eagles" and "Rhodesian Air Force Operations", plus I recently acquired a copy of CHOPPERTECH. Your experiences are every bit as interesting and dramatic as anything told by Prop Geldenhuys or Beaver Shaw. I would certainly buy your book.
Thank you very much for your history. People forget that this happened, and it's great that someone documents these events. Good or bad.
Perfect tracking lesson , cant take that away from u are a good.
Kkkk R55 your description is spot on ....... Keep.the stories coming we enjoying them.
Good God, this guy is one hell of a hoss. This kind of stuff is hard to find firsthand accounts about. I thank you for your contribution to the preservation of one of my favorite historical subjects, the War in Rhodesian
I am learning a great deal about moving through the woods from you. Thank you. Perhaps you could do a video on tracking spoor and moving without leaving much.
That would be good. I know how to move around quietly, and not leave too much sign, but I’ve never tried tracking.
Great story. I appreciate your passion in protecting your once great country. We’re there both Soviet Union and China helping the terrorist?
Excellent story. It’s like you are reliving it.
Thank you for your service sir
You're an excellent story teller. Well worth listening to. Thank you.
Thanks for the stories! I've taken a course in tracking and I love all the small pieces of tracker lore in your tales. :)
... A master of his craft!
I tip my hat sir
Loved how you summed this one up.
Hope you have a book out there for me to read. And if not I hope you get cracking on one. Either way I’ll keep watching, cheers.
Great stuff!
Awesome tale! Great job!
The term donga is also used as an slang word in Australia and possibly elsewhere to describe a transportable building.
A donga in Southern Africa means a gully, sometimes caused by soil erosion from heavy rains
Last part was the best when those boys got back.
Amazing stories !!!
Can you tell us what tune is used at5he beginning of your videos? I’d like to hear the whole song. Your observations on tracking and history are fascinating. These are great videos! Thanks from the US!
Such an interesting channel, glad I found it. Interesting tracking tips
Good stuff. . Good Soldiering .. Good story !
This is fascinating, thank you sir.
Been in the Zambezi valley 3 times. Beautiful place. Thanks to the tsetse no domestic animals there…:only wild animals exist there.
Thankyou for these stories. We in South Africa are very concerned about the future now. We were warned and nobody in the world listened…just like nobody listened to the Smith Govt of Rhodesia. I’m just glad the SADF managed to eventually give the communists one almighty blood nose in Angola.
Together with the war in Afghanistan at the time and another war in Soviet territory…it broke the back of communist Russia.
Great story! I’m with you as you are telling it!
I didn't realize until many years after I left the US Army in 1992 that the cause to fight communism wherever it was, was a productive cause. The communists always invade first but if they conquered, their societies become basket cases(the two Koreas being the most telling). Many more communists die from poor infrastructure and negligence than war. One military historian explained that one US result of the Vietnam war was having hundreds of thousands more combat trained men that worried the Soviet Union.
"It was a good day" yes, yes it was.
Derivatives, quantitative easing,reserve fractional lending, We (usa) can learn a lot from this Warrior. Greed has truly taken its effects on this nation.
Wow great psychological operation on enemy moral!
love your waries
Much respect, Sir. " We can sleep in our beds at night because strong men stand ready to do violence on our behalf ". Human nature always seems to want more, as you say, which is acceptable as long as you aren't taking it from someone else.
Write a book
War and the training for such is pretty miserable. Taking moments to reflect on the beauty of your surroundings is one of the upsides.
i am amazed at your love of country and of freedom,you are to be commended to the highest degree,you fought an dirty cowardly insurgency... that never delivered anything but robert mugabees tyrannical dictatorship and his successor`s were even more wicked and vengeful than him......rhodesia is now very impoverished and begging the white farmers to return,i assume some might,but your generation gave everything for love of nation,i wish the younger people who believe marxism is good should be required to hear your truth.....thanx for your stories,they are awesome .....sir....long.life ang good health to you and yours and thank you for preservtng freedom in your contienent........
"Wring your hands in anguish."
The CCP have recently launched a competition for the the best party anecdote. First Prize: International stay-cation to the Russian Gulag Archipelago. Second Prize: 35 years, Third Prize: 35 years. All applicants get a runners-up prize of 35 years.
Great story as always. Would be nice to have a map of Rhodesia just to give viewers some idea of what part of the country you are in. The Zambesi valley - does this include everywhere along the valley of the Zambesi - Msuna, Mlibizi etc - or is it more the area under Matusadona across and then right across, past Karoi and to the east?
The Zambezi Valley really stretched from the end of the gorge( downstream from the dam wall) to the Mozambique border in the east. But during the war most of the area of concern was east from the bridge to Zambia ( Chirundu) to the Mozambique border. The Valley, as we called it (never the Zambezi valley, as everyone knew where we talking about) was hot, dry riddled with Tsetse flies (like a horse fly that gives cattle & sometimes people sleeping sickness), Mosquitoes & Mopane Flies, that were tiny little insects that flew into your eyes, nostrils & ears looking for moisture. It was a hot, humid & harsh environment & this is why the terrorists tried to traverse it in one night
Mr Calum Mackenzie - thnx for often providing (accurate!), info in reply to Commentator’s questions & thereby giving 5RR a much appreciated breather.
Wow. Rhodesian PsyOps! brilliant
Felling floppies one by one
God bless
I wish I was old enough to fight i. These wars it such a honorable county just trying to survive damn NATO and america for what we did
Yay... Good Result...! 👍🏼 😁
I have a question , (if anyone could answer i'd be grateful) i noticed you use a lot of afrikaans / slang , like donga is afrikaans , and rhodesians would say "ek se" and even words like spoor , did rhodesians have a knowledge of afrikaans past basic level ? or was this just slang that had crossed the border? just a curiousity of mine , feedback from anyone with knowledge is appreciated
Ja. We were all connected. I was born in zambia and brought up in cape town and served in RHODESIA in 79. I was in 6SAI
One expression was mooshy. The word we used for groovy or cool
@@peetsnort Thanks for the reply , i love learning the history of your people
@@SW-yu2zz thanks. The general southern man is a honest one. We call it as we see it. That way we don't trip ourselves with our own lies. I walked 6000km on combat and I only had 2 contact. But boy do I have some stories. I hated the army with a passion but on hindsight I am glad I did it. Made me stronger
Like we say. In afrikaans... What does not kill you makes you fat.
Or a farmer /boer makes a plan
@@AnnE-mn8ny Thanks for sharing Ann , i used to work for RBS Natwest bank and had a Rhodesian lady on the phone called Ann ,im an ulster man myself but much like most rhodesians/south africans she was so polite and i had a chat with her for about 20 minutes , i have the upmost respect for your people , 2 of my grandparents are english and my grandfather served in malaya and NI , he always loved Rhodesia too thats where my interest began
What is mealie meal ?
Jabba Maize meal. It’s corn if your from America. The stuff you use to make cornbread
ti pr thanks, I read in accounts of Rourkes Drift they used sacks of this as defensive barricades. I’m from uk
American corn also called maize. Mealie meal or pap in South Africa is the main African staple in these parts.
it's ground maize which, when mixed with water and boiled, produced a semi-solid paste. This was mixed with meat, fish, vegetables or just gravy to make a meal - usually eaten using one's hands.
@@banana1618 thanks for your explanation, one day I might even get the chance to taste some
Yellow Raincoats in the African bush!! About as useful as a Lead Parachute.
dude if you ever are in the zambezi valley in the rainy season you would love to have a plastic raincoat??
@@chrismee6832 Yeh maybe, but not a bright yellow one to mark me as a moving target for some AK wielding Commie.
same idea sadf had for painting all their equipment red so as not to lose it in the bush 🤣
But at last😮
hmm
War is evil how do you burn food in Africa 😷
bitter old Rhodesian, i bet the thought of Robert Mugabe and the liberation he and the Zimbabweans accomplished against his colonial oppressor camp still makes this man shudder even today
Jou poes
from bread basket to rat eaters who are the real losers
Zimbabwe bankruptcy inflation desease ridden. Oh yeah massive corruption in every layer of government. Hmmm should I go on? 30 years later and it's now hell on earth. Really well done really just amazing people you have governing that fine country. Lololo
South Africa is next. Yes, start celebrating, we're also going to die of starvation - the African idea of "liberation".