Peacekeepers (1988) (2014)
“He swept his gaze across the cinder-block huts, then focused beyond them to the six helicopters resting beneath camouflage netting at the village's farther side.
"Those're Shamar's choppers?" he asked the man lying beside him. He kept his voice low, almost a whisper. No telling who might be prowling through these woods.
The man nodded. "One of them is. The others belong to the rebel leaders and some of the government men who are in with them. If the word we picked up from Surabaya is ri...ght, Shamar and the rebels will be taking off tonight to rendezvous with the guerrillas over in Vogelkop." "And the government men go back to Jakarta." "Right," said the man. "Bloody traitors." The man's name was McPherson, a lifelong professional soldier. Both he and Alexander wore green-mottled jungle fatigues and floppy Digger hats that broke up the outline of a man's head against the heavy foliage of this sweltering tropical forest. Safer than tin helmets, McPherson claimed.MoreLess
"Those're Shamar's choppers?" he asked the man lying beside him. He kept his voice low, almost a whisper. No telling who might be prowling through these woods.
The man nodded. "One of them is. The others belong to the rebel leaders and some of the government men who are in with them. If the word we picked up from Surabaya is ri...ght, Shamar and the rebels will be taking off tonight to rendezvous with the guerrillas over in Vogelkop." "And the government men go back to Jakarta." "Right," said the man. "Bloody traitors." The man's name was McPherson, a lifelong professional soldier. Both he and Alexander wore green-mottled jungle fatigues and floppy Digger hats that broke up the outline of a man's head against the heavy foliage of this sweltering tropical forest. Safer than tin helmets, McPherson claimed.MoreLess
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