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John Alan Coey, American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War
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John Alan Coey
American-Rhodesian soldier and medic (1950–1975)
John Alan Coey was a U.S. Marine who served in the Rhodesian Army as one of the "Crippled Eagles", a loosely organised group of U.S. expatriates fighting for the unrecognized government of Rhodesia during that country's Bush War. A devout Christian, vitriolic anti-communist, he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mercenary
Soldier who fights for hire
A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rhodesian Bush War
1964–1979 conflict in Southern Africa
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwe War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country U.D.I. Republic of Rhodesia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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