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'If I'd have been a Vietcong you'd be dead.' Len Opie
Through three wars across thirty years, Len Opie carved a reputation as one of Australia's greatest infantrymen. A cold-eyed killer who drank nothing stronger than weak tea, he fought with his bare hands, a sharpened shovel and piano wire. He was a larrikin who went by the book, unless the book was wrong. He set his own bar high and expected others to do the same.
Stone Cold takes us into the jungles of New Guinea and Borneo. It goes to the cold heart of Korea, where Len emerged from the ranks to excel in the epic Battle of Kapyong and play a key role at the Battle of Maryang San. And it drops us into the centre of the American counter-insurgency war in Vietnam with Len's involvement in the CIA's shadowy black ops program, Phoenix.
Action-packed and surprising, Stone Cold gives rich life to a warrior soldier and one of Australia's greatest diggers.
Contents
List of mapsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 A warrior in training2 Up the Ramu3 Balikpapan4 Korea5 The Third World War has started!6 Hills are for heroes7 Kapyong8 Kill or be killed9 Maryang San10 Private, temporary corporal, temporary warrant officer, class two11 Eyes like a cat and no nerves at all12 Belles and bullies13 Vietnam14 On the trail15 'Sneaky work': the Phoenix program16 Kashmir interlude17 Return to Vietnam18 Man of SpartaLen Opie's medalsAcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex
