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The dramatic true story of a brave young soldier who laid down his life to save a comrade, and the struggle to identify his burial place and repatriate his remains. On 15 September 1961, eighteen year old Trooper Patrick Mullins was posted missing after a bloody ambush of an Irish UN convoy in the Congo. During the fierce gun-fight, Mullins was killed and his body taken as spoils of war by the rebel militia. When Ireland finally ended its UN mission in the Congo Tpr. Mullins' body remained buried in an unknown grave. With the 50th anniversary of his death fast approaching, the Mullins family remains caught in the terrible nightmare of maintaining an empty grave at the foothills of the Galtee Mountains. This fascinating book describes Mullins' story, the struggle to find his body, and the difficulties in bringing it home.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Warfare & defence War & defence operations

• Pełny tytuł: Missing in Action
• Autor: Ralph Riegal
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 256
• EAN: 9781856356947
• ISBN: 1856356949
• ID: 04301273
• Wydawca: Mercier Press
• Waga: 302 g
• Wymiary: 215 × 137 × 22 mm
• Data wydania: 30. August 2010

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