Australian commandos : their secret war against the Japanese in World War II / A.B. Feuer ; foreword by Robert Barr Smith ; afterwords by George Folta and John Keith Leasure.

Collection type	Library
Author	Feuer, A. B., 1925-;
Call Number	940.548694 F423a
Document type	Monograph
Year	2006, c1996.
Pagination	xiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher	Stackpole,
Note	Originally published as: Commando!. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996. Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.
Place made	Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Abstract

The beginnings of Allied intelligence and the Pensacola convoy -- The "Rimau" expedition -- Commando training : Cecil Anderson's story -- Operation "Python" in Borneo -- Operation "Politician" : the USS Bream patrols -- The USS Pargo at Woody Island -- Th e "Politician" patrols of the USS Bluegill -- The USS Boarfish and "Politician" at Tourane Bay -- Operation "Starfish" and the USS Rock -- The USS Perch II and "Platypus" at Balikpapan -- The USS Hawkbill and Operation "Crocodile" -- "Semut" operations an d the invasion of Sarawak -- "Semut IV" : Rowan Waddy's story -- Rescue from New Britain: Fred Hargesheimer's story.