A Little Bit of Hope: Australian Force Somalia 1993

In 1993, 4 million Somalis were starving and 26 nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it.

On the Thursday before Anzac Day the Australian Army asked Bob Breen to fly to Somalia the fol­lowing Tuesday to conduct research for a book on the Australian participation in the American-led peacekeeping operation in that country. The fol­lowing day he re-enlisted in the army and four days later he arrived in Mogadishu. He patrolled with the diggers dow...