No Need for Heroes. Sandy MacGregor

THE FIRST TUNNEL RATS<br><br>This is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes … and reinvented larrikin too.<br><br>Among the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps&mdash;then partied all night in a casino they&#39;d built in secret.<br><br>They led hundreds of American troops to safety, but fought US military police to a standstill in the bars of South Vietnam.<br><br>They built the Australian Task Force&#39;s base&mdash;then sabotaged a headquarters conference, booby trapped showers and blew up a generator rather than kowtow to newly arrived officers.<br><br>And that&#39;s before we even mention sex …<br><br>Most importantly, the men of Three Field Troop discovered a huge Viet Cong tunnel complex and were the first allied troops to follow the enemy down into their underground city.<br><br>They were the original Tunnel Rats and this is their story.