The Fighting Doc: The Rhodesian Bush War Diary of John Coey, Kia 19 July 1975 Coey John
The Fighting Doc: The Rhodesian Bush War Diary of John Coey, Kia 19 July 1975 Coey John It is Saturday afternoon, 19 July 1975, next to a dry riverbed in Rhodesia's northeastern operational area, in…
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The Fighting Doc: The Rhodesian Bush War Diary of John Coey, Kia 19 July 1975 Coey John
It is Saturday afternoon, 19 July 1975, next to a dry riverbed in Rhodesia's northeastern operational area, in a war against communist-backed guerrillas. The whereabouts of the insurgents is not known. A Rhodesian combat medic receives an order to descend into the riverbed to attend to two critically wounded troopers, their figures seemingly lifeless on the sand.
That medic is 24-year-old American John Alan Coey. As the medic, displaying a red cross, moves in, shots ring out and he sustains a fatal head wound. Driven by his Christian faith and an ardent belief in the threat of global communist hegemony, Coey had come to Rhodesia to fulfill an overriding passion to help the beleaguered southern African country in its fight against what he perceived to be a communist bid to secure the subcontinent.
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