I was in the intake of 1974 and signed up for an extra year. So this is with a heavy heart I post this to day. I knew a few of the guys that passed away in 1975 from B squadron. Salute 🫡 to u guys. You will never be forgotten.
Leon Lombard, jy mag met Reg emosionele raak oor jou broer wat sy lewe neergelê het in Angola. Dankie vir die pragtige gebaar wat jy gemaak het om sy oorskot te herwin uit ñ vreemde land. As mede soldaat wat in dieselfde oorlog betrokke was in 1979 en 1980, is èk trots op mense soos jy, wat broederliefde tot op so ñ hoë vlak demonstreer. Voorspoed.
Thank you for this tribute to the young men who served and died in a war that was essentially pointless. My father served in the same armored division. I am proud to be the son of a veteran but even more grateful that he made it home. May the Lord give peace to the families who's sons never came back.
Please don`t think it was pointless...because of your father and all the other brave men that served I had a gloriously free and safe childhood in the suburbs of Jhb in the 1980`s...they kept us all safe from what SA eventually became, because of your father and his service we had great childhoods, so please kind Sir, don`t ever look back on the war as pointless...at the time it was very very necessary and i`m sure there are many South Africans who grew up in that time that feel the same...
@C A Thank you. I agree whole heartedly. As a Rhodie I am forever grateful to the young men who served in our Bush War. Especially to those who died or were crippled during their service. Their sacrifices were not pointless or in vain. They gave a whole generation of Rhodesians, black, white and coloured, years of safety and happiness. I completed my schooling in safety, my mother and three sisters lived happy and safe lives for decades only because of the young men who served, sweated, persevered and refused to give up.
It was a war against Communist tyranny, so not pointless at all...the Bush War kept the Communists out in order for the Democracies that followed. The Communists are still around but not nearly as powerful as during the days of the USSR, also the countries are not shot to pieces & the local people can now vote for whom they think will govern best and build in stead of break.
Watched this and felt a brother's loss. Am glad he was given a burial, albeit by a stranger. This stranger granted him his dignity as a human being. Although the one who buried him passed on, I am sure he wasn't the only one who knew about the burial. I pray, knew means to discover shallow graves may be found.
Salute. I also klaared-in at 2SSB and went to School of Armour on JL's. I'm sorry we were never told of this incident, as it would have been good to remember Trooper Lombards memory, especially on 11 November.
Much respect Leon. I can only imagine how this feels. I served for 15 years RASigs and RAAF. A handful of my friends passed during Service. Sometimes I ask them for advice, and from the stillness and in the quietness I get the awareness of what they would do in the situation. It's a nice connection to the memory of their spirit/manner/personality. Much empathy Leon. Thank you for your service especially standing against communism.
@@HistoricMilitaryInterviews Hi, you may want to check out Koos's youtube channel. He is doing a fantastic job of documenting forgotten history of the bush war. He very well may have access to people directly involved in that specific contact that could assist. His channel details below, with email link. ru-vid.comabout ru-vid.comvideos
South Africa had no business being in Namibia and Angola. The Apartheid government oppressed us in SA and wanted to extend their oppression to Namibia. Learn your history before investing your emotions
@@johnzuma4688 these were not soldiers but racist imperialist who were spreading apartheid ideology deep into the heart of africa and deserved worse than what happened. Black people always feel sorry when people die but whites have zero tolerance and will rubbish any injustice they encounter. No german family goes looking for lost ones during second world wars.
I remember this period very well. The thing that disgusted me was that the government-controlled SABC blamed the increasing death toll they were announcing on the news every night on SWAPO increasing its activity under cover of the chaos in Angola. The government had not the decency to let the country know that they were invading Angola. It eventually became an open secret in the country as troops returned home and the SABC then changed its tune and started bragging about how "well" the South African troops had performed in Angola. This is burned into my memory because I was called up for a military camp in December 1975 and it could have easily turned into a one-way trip to Angola.
I remember reading the 'official' line about how successful our troops were, and that they could have taken Luanda, but were called back because of international pressure... No one ever mentioned that our troops had been turned back in a fight or that there were deaths.
@@robert-trading-as-Bob69 Back then the government controlled the narrative. The SABC was the mouthpiece of the National Party. Newspaper editors they didn't like, such as Donald Woods, got banned.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me Abide with me, abide with me.
My first call up was 1977 Potchefstroom then Pretoria state president guard I was the last to do I years it's was great to serve my country I only believe the old flag no respect for the new flag
@@danielepavan3663 You can try this organisation parabat.org.za/ We have done a video on the unit but a couple of years later ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v0YrF2vURmI.html I hope that helps.
