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Staying Alive: The Paratrooper's Story [Paperback]

John Delaney (Author), Jan Greenough (Author)
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"As I peered under the branch, I saw an enemy soldier lying on his back, with his weapon pointed at me and ready to fire. I took a step back and raised my rifle, but the range was too short and there was no room to aim. I fired..." At 19 John Delaney was a tough, highly-trained, finely-honed Parabat - a member of the elite South African Parachute Battalion. He had fought bush wars in Namibia and Angola. The impulse to fight, to demand respect - to kill - burned strong within him. He was a man without boundaries. The girls, the boozing, the drugs and brawling, back in civilian life failed to mask his emptiness. "I had not died as a soldier. I didn't know how to live...but I didn't want to die." Under the guidance of friends at Rhema Church he discovered Jesus. "I had come home. The fight was over at last," John recalls. "I had thought religion was shut up in churches. Now I was experiencing the power of God." John's qualities as leader and self-starter found fresh expression: running crusades in Angola and Zaire, followed by relief work in the refugee camps created by the Rwandan genocide. Today John divides his time between the UK and South Africa, working with AIDS victims, street children and the poor in both Bristol and Johannesburg.

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Inspiring story from a man not afraid to tell about the good, the bad, and the ugly 11 Jan 2012
By Kate Davis - Published on Amazon.com
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Having grown up in East Africa and remembering watching the movie "Cry Freedom" when it came out (about S. Africa's apartheid), this book was educational, inspiring, and very sobering. I've read numerous books about wars and special operations soldiers such as SAS but this book tells both sides of the story and deals with the spiritual issues that go along with the human drama.
Moving on 22 July 2008
By Booker - Published on Amazon.com
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This was a nice book to read. The author describes his childhood years, and his family's beliefs, and how he was shaped by them.
His description of his time in the border war is grasping to read, and gives us a glimpse of some of the parabats missions.
He covers the years after leaving the army and finding a purpose, of helping others. Finding Christ and helping those in need.
A nice book in all.

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