Harry McCallion

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Harry McCallion


Born
The United Kingdom
Genre
Memoir, Crime


Born in Glasgow, Harry McCallion joined the army after leaving school. In a varied and exciting military career he served with the Parachute Regiment, South Africa’s elite Recce Commandos and 22 SAS. After leaving the army in 1985 he joined the RUC, but left in 1990 after a near-fatal car crash. Subsequent to this he studied law and was called to the Bar. Now a working barrister and writer he has recently received his Master’s Degree in International Relations. His autobiography Killing Zone was an immediate bestseller.

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“Paratroopers are human Alsatians.”
― Harry McCallion, Killing Zone: A Life in the PARAs, the RECCEs, the SAS and the RUC
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“My mind was on a silent hillside, in a land far away, and gods who should be left to sleep. *”
― Harry McCallion, Killing Zone: A Life in the PARAs, the RECCEs, the SAS and the RUC
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“A shot was fired, the mob jumped back for a second then set about the car with renewed fury. In the end, two men were taken out and shot dead. They were Corporals Derek Wood and Robert Howes.”
― Harry McCallion, Killing Zone: A Life in the PARAs, the RECCEs, the SAS and the RUC
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