Molly Conger

And after a 30-minute presentation about Americans already fighting in the conflict and the pay and benefits a mercenary could expect, including paid airfare, all violations of international sanctions and U.S. federal law, the visitor was offered Major Lamprecht's contact information.

That recruiter, Nick Lamprecht, worked closely with Soldier of Fortune founder Robert K. Brown to strategize how the magazine could be used to convince more Americans to make the trip in the latter years of the conflict. Lamprecht himself even wrote an article for the magazine promising young American soldiers of fortune that it would be easy for them to find a beautiful white Rhodesian wife.

That recruiter, Nick Lamprecht, worked closely with Soldier of Fortune founder Robert K. Brown to strategize how the magazine could be used to convince more Americans to make the trip in the latter years of the conflict. Lamprecht himself even wrote an article for the magazine promising young American soldiers of fortune that it would be easy for them to find a beautiful white Rhodesian wife.

That recruiter, Nick Lamprecht, worked closely with Soldier of Fortune founder Robert K. Brown to strategize how the magazine could be used to convince more Americans to make the trip in the latter years of the conflict. Lamprecht himself even wrote an article for the magazine promising young American soldiers of fortune that it would be easy for them to find a beautiful white Rhodesian wife.

I think Lamprec knew he was lying about how much fun you could have fighting in the Bush War. His own son Vincent had already fled to South Africa to avoid military service. In what you may be sensing as a theme here, the details of Frank's service in Rhodesia are a little murky.

I think Lamprec knew he was lying about how much fun you could have fighting in the Bush War. His own son Vincent had already fled to South Africa to avoid military service. In what you may be sensing as a theme here, the details of Frank's service in Rhodesia are a little murky.

I think Lamprec knew he was lying about how much fun you could have fighting in the Bush War. His own son Vincent had already fled to South Africa to avoid military service. In what you may be sensing as a theme here, the details of Frank's service in Rhodesia are a little murky.

The details of a lot of what was going on in Rhodesia during those years is not totally settled, and Frank's own involvement far less so. He told reporter David Annable in that 1975 interview that, as a corporal in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, his detachment had taken many prisoners, but when instructed to do so, they just executed people.

The details of a lot of what was going on in Rhodesia during those years is not totally settled, and Frank's own involvement far less so. He told reporter David Annable in that 1975 interview that, as a corporal in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, his detachment had taken many prisoners, but when instructed to do so, they just executed people.

The details of a lot of what was going on in Rhodesia during those years is not totally settled, and Frank's own involvement far less so. He told reporter David Annable in that 1975 interview that, as a corporal in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, his detachment had taken many prisoners, but when instructed to do so, they just executed people.

Saying, we shot them right there in the bush when we were told not to take prisoners. He also admitted that his unit had taken part in raids over the border into neighboring Mozambique. He claimed that sometimes these trips over the border were to assist Portuguese troops. And until late 1974, Portuguese troops were in Mozambique fighting to put down the Mozambican War of Independence.

Saying, we shot them right there in the bush when we were told not to take prisoners. He also admitted that his unit had taken part in raids over the border into neighboring Mozambique. He claimed that sometimes these trips over the border were to assist Portuguese troops. And until late 1974, Portuguese troops were in Mozambique fighting to put down the Mozambican War of Independence.

Saying, we shot them right there in the bush when we were told not to take prisoners. He also admitted that his unit had taken part in raids over the border into neighboring Mozambique. He claimed that sometimes these trips over the border were to assist Portuguese troops. And until late 1974, Portuguese troops were in Mozambique fighting to put down the Mozambican War of Independence.

And Frank said sometimes they'd go over the border to raid guerrilla camps, perhaps those belonging to the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, which had strong ties to the groups fighting for independence in Mozambique.

And Frank said sometimes they'd go over the border to raid guerrilla camps, perhaps those belonging to the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, which had strong ties to the groups fighting for independence in Mozambique.

And Frank said sometimes they'd go over the border to raid guerrilla camps, perhaps those belonging to the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, which had strong ties to the groups fighting for independence in Mozambique.

These Rhodesian raids over the border into Mozambique continued even after that nation gained sovereignty in 1975, but it's hard to pin down when Frank would have been doing this. If he even did. I can at least say that Frank was no longer in Rhodesia during one of the war's worst atrocities. A Rhodesian raid on a refugee camp in Mozambique killed over a thousand civilians.

These Rhodesian raids over the border into Mozambique continued even after that nation gained sovereignty in 1975, but it's hard to pin down when Frank would have been doing this. If he even did. I can at least say that Frank was no longer in Rhodesia during one of the war's worst atrocities. A Rhodesian raid on a refugee camp in Mozambique killed over a thousand civilians.

These Rhodesian raids over the border into Mozambique continued even after that nation gained sovereignty in 1975, but it's hard to pin down when Frank would have been doing this. If he even did. I can at least say that Frank was no longer in Rhodesia during one of the war's worst atrocities. A Rhodesian raid on a refugee camp in Mozambique killed over a thousand civilians.

David Anable published a couple of articles in 1975 and 1976 about Rhodesia, and he often quoted Frank Sweeney about his time there. After all, there weren't many Americans who'd been there, and even fewer who were easy to find. And Frank was easy to find. He was very public about his stint as a mercenary.