1 Recce. Alexander Strachan

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      The rugby match took place a few weeks before the soccer match at Old Doppies and just after the Swapos had miraculously escaped across the Kwando River. Directly after the follow-up operation, Charl and Frans rushed to the RV point where they sat huddled around the high-frequency radio and listened as Swart’s Orange Free State team narrowly lost 11-9 to the Lions. That year the touring team humiliated all the other South African teams, including the Springboks.

      Charl and Frans had impressed Breytenbach during the follow-up operation against Swapo, and he instructed them to undergo the Recce selection. Charl went first and Frans a few months later. They were overjoyed when both of them passed the selection.

      Great things also lay in store for Swart. Little did he know that Gen. Loots had earmarked him to take over from Breytenbach as commander at the end of 1974, or that he would become involved with 1 Recce even before Charl, Frans and a third member, Johan Verster.