John Crawley

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1,569 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Apr

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They'll never be known because we were a secret army and these things couldn't be made public.

But I saw enormous acts of heroism.

And on the other hand too, you had people in the area who shouldn't have been there, waste of space, complete utter waste of space.

But, you know, I'd served in, like I said, the Marine Special Forces.

I worked with SEAL Team.

You know, we were based with SEAL Team too.

I worked with the American Green Berets.

You know, I got to understand the Special Forces caliber and the Special Forces mindset.

And in a number of area volunteers, I saw the same caliber, the same quality, you know, with the right leadership and the right mindset.

resources and direction, they would have been as good as any soldier in the world.

And that keeps you going.

That inspired me anyway.

I had a number of friends killed.

I remember...

I remember one SES ambush, there were three volunteers killed and I knew Pete Ryan was one of them very well from jail.

And Lawrence McNally, he'd been helping me buy guns in the States and we actually lived in a flat together for about four or five months.

So we were real close, really good mates, you know.

I knew a good few fellas killed over the years.

Guys I was in jail with, guys I had, you know, guys you slept in the same bed with and things like that and houses and that, you know.

By the way, I mean slept.

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