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Old 12-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
I just picked up and read "Wearing the Green Beret" by Jake Olafsen.

The book is an autobiography that follows Jake Olafsen a young B.C. native who decides to go overseas and joins the Royal Marine Commando's.

For any kind of Military junkie this is the rare book written by a soldier on the ground at his rating.
I was planning to pick up a copy of "The Patrol" by Ryan Flavelle.

Sounds like a similar on-the-ground account, probably more of a Canadian operations focus since he was at the Canadian Forward Operating Base.

Might have to look up "Wearing the Green Beret"as well.

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