Strange Soldiering. By Richard LAWSON. Hardback first edition

Strange Soldiering. By Richard LAWSON.

Hardback, good condition, foxing to ends, minor marks and shelf wear. Dust jacket scuffed, chipped edges, small tear to edge, price clipped, foxing spots to inside. first edition

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton 1963

Major Lawson's own dramatic story of his experiences with the Third Nigerian Brigade.

Lawson was promoted to major on 16 July 1961. In December 1961, he volunteered for service with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Republic of the Congo. At the time he was attached to the Nigerian Army, on secondment from the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. He served in South Kasai and then Katanga, where he became briefly famous for his part in the rescue of several groups of missionaries, and was nicknamed "Dick the Lionheart" by the Daily Express.

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