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Marking Time and Making Friends

With war raging around him, Hennessey wonders how he arrived in Afghanistan. An English graduate at Oxford, the transition to Sandhurst was a difficult one.

Patrick Hennessey reads his soldier's tale for the 21st century; an account of his experiences at Sandhurst and then on deployment in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

With war raging around him, Hennessey wonders how he arrived in Afghanistan. An English graduate at Oxford, the transition to Sandhurst was a difficult one

A Sweet Talk production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 23 Jun 2009 09:45
  • Wed 24 Jun 2009 00:30

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