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Jan Dirk Breytenbach DVR SD SM MMM (born 14 July 1932) is a retired career South African Special Forces military officer and author of military books. He is best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first special-forces unit. In his long career, he served in the Suez Crisis, the Biafran War, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement.

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rdfs:comment	Jan Dirk Breytenbach DVR SD SM MMM (born 14 July 1932) is a retired career South African Special Forces military officer and author of military books. He is best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first special-forces unit. In his long career, he served in the Suez Crisis, the Biafran War, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. (en) Jan Dirk Breytenbach, född 14 juli 1932, är en sydafrikansk officer som tjänstgjorde i specialstyrkorna under gränskriget (1966-1989). Han var den första befälhavaren för den berömda 32:a bataljonen. Han är bror till den kände författaren och konstnären Breyten Breytenbach och journalisten Cloete Breytenbach. (sv) Jan Dirk Breytenbach (* 1932) ist ein ehemaliger südafrikanischer Offizier und Autor militärischer Sachbücher. Er gilt als Mitbegründer der Spezialeinheiten des Landes. Breytenbach ist der ältere Bruder des Schriftstellers, Malers und Apartheid-Gegners Breyten Breytenbach. Jan Breytenbach wuchs in einer gut situierten Burenfamilie in Bonnievale auf. In den frühen 1950er Jahren diente er in der Panzertruppe der Union Defence Force. 1955 trat er den britischen Marinefliegern bei, für die er 1956 als Navigator an Luftlandeunternehmen im Rahmen der Sueskrise teilnahm. 1961 kehrte er als Fallschirmjäger in die südafrikanische Armee zurück. (de)
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