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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 23 sec.) ; 165800413 bytes |
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Brisbane grandparents Tony 'Bomber' Bower, Miles and Roy Chamberlain are not living out their years quietly. Instead they're making peace with their past lives by detonating Cambodian landmines with nothing but the bare basics: dental probes, pliers, skill and the help of former boy soldier and local mine clearer extraordinaire, Aki Ra."It's a form of Russian roulette I suppose, but that's what they're chosen to do... so we're not going to stop them.'' - Kylie Moczynski, daughter"To me it's therapeutic... I've always had a hell of an interest in anything to do with explosives.'' - Tony 'Bomber' Bower-Miles"The big mine companies, they are a business. They are there to generate a profit...they'd probably quote $1,000 US to remove a mine, whereas we can do it for a dollar a mine.'' - Roy Chamberlain"There was no practice on one that had been deactivated. (Roy) went straight into the hot seat... he said it was totally irresponsible of him, because of his children and grandchildren.'' - Tony 'Bomber' Bower-MilesLike many Vietnam veterans, Bomber and Roy were traumatised by their experiences.After a chance meeting in a psychiatric ward three years ago, they teamed up to help deactivate landmines in one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.Spurred on by the thanks of amputee children, the men are now going strong.Roy says, "I feel worth something now. It's completed a circle for me. I can actually give something back.'' |
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Broadcast 2008-03-24 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Cambodians -- Social conditions.
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Grandparent and child.
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Grandparents -- Attitudes.
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Land mines.
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Cambodia.
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Streaming video
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Bower-Miles, Tony, contributor
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Chamberlain, Peter, contributor
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Chamberlain, Roy, contributor
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Gibson, John, contributor
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Harvey, Graham, contributor
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Miller, Jack, contributor
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Moczynski, Kylie, contributor
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Ra, Aki, contributor
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