Archive for November, 1995

The Olympic Stadium Zetra – Sarajevo… 300 metres from my new office!!

Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 1995 by vic

can’t sleep for the shelling and the hundreds of stories of atrocity I have heard in my first few days here in Sarajevo… shocking what has been allowed to happen to these people.  Why?

-15 degress c as I am driven to “The Residency” with the Colonel in an armoured UN pickup…

Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 1995 by vic

coming under fire from a sniper as we sped down the infamous “Sniper Alley”… some welcome.

Welcome to Sarajevo….. my first introduction to the horrors of conflict

Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 1995 by vic

 

The chilling scenes of War hit me hard this morning as I arrived in the harsh Bosnian winter.  (about -15 degrees c)

Until now, I thought I was an experienced soldier… nothing could have prepared me for this.