"Mad Mike Hoare dead at 100 years of age" Topic
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79thPA  | 03 Feb 2020 11:44 a.m. PST |
I saw this on the BBC yesterday: link |
| mad monkey 1 | 03 Feb 2020 3:31 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 03 Feb 2020 3:39 p.m. PST |
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| Dn Jackson | 03 Feb 2020 11:12 p.m. PST |
My God, I had no idea he was still alive. What an extraordinary life. |
| Old Wolfman | 04 Feb 2020 10:36 a.m. PST |
Amazed that he lived so long. Read much about him in numerous magazine articles. |
| Garryowen | 04 Feb 2020 10:44 a.m. PST |
He was quite a soldier. I read all of his books. There were only a few. The article linked does not mention that he was an advisor to the movie The Wild Geese. One DVD version of the movie has that covered in one of the extra features. I don't understand the press giving him such a hard time on the failed attempt in the Sheychelles. One of his men screwed up and panicked. That type of thing is one of the risks of running the type of operations he did. But, that is typical of the press. Major Hoare became the role model for all of the Hollywood "good guy" mercenaries. Tom Tom |
| 79thPA | 05 Feb 2020 9:14 a.m. PST |
I figured he was long gone as well. |
| Thresher01 | 06 Feb 2020 2:24 p.m. PST |
From the little I've read, sounds like he lived a very interesting, and adventurous life. |
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