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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
There was a television program when I was a very young child called "Rat Patrol." I think that the unit was manned by Americans only. About the only thing else that I remember is that they rode around the desert in Jeeps, at least some of which had a machine gun mounted behind the seat. The setting almost had to have been North Africa, because that was the site of about the only desert warfare that the U.S. engaged in in World War II. I wonder if the program might have been based upon the unit the author of this book was in? I loved that show, for some reason.
Of course, I had to grab the book. Thanks for posting it.
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"Driving about in Jeeps" would be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Desert_Group
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popski%27s_Private_Army
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service
Some very colourful characters from all over the world but very few Americans except in the Hollywood cast lists.