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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 min. 58 sec.) ; 327570395 bytes |
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Australia's Secret Heroes tells the extraordinary story of Z Special unit, a remarkable group of men who were plucked from the Australian military in World War II, trained in explosives, camouflage, silent killing and how to resist torture and then sent on incredibly perilous undercover operations in Asia. For years, the Z Special operatives were sworn to secrecy. But now the veterans relive their incredible wartime exploits.In a unique "living history" approach, Australia's Secret Heroes takes six descendants of the Z Special operatives and places them on training missions to give them a taste of what their forefathers went through.Operation Copper was an eight man mission to Mushu Island off New Guinea that went disastrously wrong. Only one man survived to tell the tale, Mick Dennis, who features in this episode, and survived 10 days in the jungle with the Japanese hunting him down. In Pittwater, the modern recruits recreate a similar mission to Operation Copper, leaving Cato alone and cut off from his group. Cato's Great Uncle, Alan Gubbay, was killed on the original mission. Tian and Brenden both travel to Borneo to retrace their grandfather's footsteps. Brenden's grandfather Jack Wong Sue received a Distinguished Conduct Medal for brazenly entering a train station under Japanese control disguised as a Chinese worker and demanding to know troop movements from the station master. Tian's journey culminates in an emotional meeting with Yudan Dawar, a local tribesman who fought alongside his grandfather but never heard from him again after the war. The series finishes with final reflections from the veterans and the modern recruits themselves. The veterans reflect on war and its effect on them, and the recruits reflect on their experiences during the series, many of them feeling a much stronger attachment to their relatives. (Part 3 of 3) (Commissioned by SBS) (Documentary) CC **Final**Follow the conversation on twitter: #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2014-06-29 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Military education.
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Military missions.
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Recruiting and enlistment.
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Special forces (Military science)
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Special operations (Military science)
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Japan.
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New South Wales.
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Streaming video
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Wilkins, Robert, director
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Cowell, Brendan, cast
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Berryman, Moss, contributor
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Dennis, Mick, contributor
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Doyle, Frank, contributor
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Foster, Des, contributor
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Jones, Arthur, contributor
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Powell, Alan, contributor
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Pratten, Garth, contributor
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Rutherford, Cato, contributor
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Sisson, Danielle, contributor
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Stanley, Peter, contributor
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Sue, Brenden, contributor
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Thomas, Luke, contributor
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Tredrea, Jack, contributor
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Wallace, Norman, contributor
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Williams, Tina, contributor
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Wong Sue, Jack, contributor
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Young, Horrie, contributor
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