Category: Military History
WAR STORIES AND YARNS
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A look at some history gathered by Hennie Heymans over the years.
History is sometimes great fun or a great adventure!
SIR THEODORE TRUTER – THE HATED POLICE COMMISSIONER
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Daniel Lötter gives readers his views of Col Sir Theodore Truter, the first Commissioner, of the South African Police.
MEMORIAL WALL FOR FOUR-LEGGED SOLDIERS UNVEILED AT MONUMENT
Animal heroes are honoured at the Animals in War Memorial Wall (Diere in Oorlog-gedenkmuur) the first of its kind in South Africa, which was unveiled at the Voortrekker Monument on 30 March 2025.
Read MoreMAJ GEN (REV) M de V “DOEMPIE” CLOETE
Ds Cloete was a veteran of the Second World War as well of the Korean War. He was the first uniformed chaplain of the SA Police. Photo of Ds Cloete serving in Korea with the SA Air Force.
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KERNKRAGOOREENKOMS MET ROOI SJINA LAASTE SPYKER IN SUID-AFRIKA SE DOODSKIS
KERNKRAGOOREENKOMS MET SJINA LAASTE SPYKER IN NUWE SUID-AFRIKA SE DOODSKIS Henning van Aswegen: 11...
Read MoreHOW A PRETORIA GIRL BECAME A PILOT IN WORLD WAR II
Dolores Teresa “Jackie” Sorour a young lady from Pretoria was determined to become a pilot and the first lady to use a parachute. She succeeded and became a pilot and later a pilot in the WAAF – she was a lifelong pilot.
Read MoreSAAF HELICOPTERS AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS LT GEN DJ EARP
SAAF HELICOPTERS AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS: LT GEN DENIS JOHN EARP, SSA, SD, SOE, SAAF (RETIRED) Abstract On 26 April 2011 Brig Hennie Heymans interviewed Lt-Gen DJ Earp on the use of SAAF-helicopters as a force multiplier in...
Read MoreMICHAEL COENRAAD BOTHA: MISSING SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (SAAF) PILOT’S REMAINS FOUND IN KOREA
The remains of a South African Air Force pilot who died in Korea during 1953 has been located and positively been identified by using DNA.
Read MoreBOEK: AMPER MY MENSE (Dot Serfontein)
In her book “Amper my Mense” (Almost My People) the Afrikaans Author, Dot Serfontein, wrote that some views held by the Boers after the war about the police in the Free State was that former Tommies (British troops) were not welcome nor invited into their homes.
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Disinformation, Propaganda and Other Lies
Bertus Steenkamp, SADF, Disinformation and Propaganda, Misinformation Discrediting the SADF...
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NANCY THE SPRINGBOK the SA Scottish mascot during WW1
The story of Nancy the Springbok the antelope from the OFS in South Africa that became a famous military mascot during WW1 with the men of the SA Scottish
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