Pong Su extra: Mission planning with the SAS

In episode 5 of 'The Last Voyage of the Pong Su', we hear from Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis - two men who were part of the Special Air Service Regiment tasked with a dramatic capture of the Pong Su. In this extended interview you'll hear about what happened before, during and after the day of this dramatic operation - as well as their memories of the infamous Tampa affair of 2001 and conflict overseas. Check out Ben and Tim's own podcast ' The Unforgiving60' . The Last Voyage of the Pong Su is brought to you by the newsrooms of The Age & Sydney Morning Herald. A new episode of this 10-part series drops on Tuesdays. If you're enjoying this series, leave a review on iTunes and recommend us to a friend. Reporter - Richard Baker (Get in touch: rbaker@theage.com.au ) Executive Producer - Rachael Dexter Narrative Consultant - Kate Cole-Adams Consulting Produce r - Siobhan McHugh Music & Composition - Vicki Hansen Sound design & mixing - John Greenfield Script translations - Yan Zhuang Production assistance - Margaret Gordon Head of Audio - Tom McKendrick Support the show.

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Pong Su extra: Mission planning with the SAS is an episode from The Last Voyage of the Pong Su by Age & SMH Podcasts.

This episode is 38:20 long.

This episode was published on Dec 19, 2019.

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