Don't Step on a Stonefish!

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Don't Step on a Stonefish! is the third volume of autobiography by Dan Raschen. This volume takes Dan to the age of 35 in 1961.

Back in England efforts were made to train Dan in military technology, and his subsequent soldiering was unusually varied in scope. After a spell in a weapons design team, he went to the Central Pacific to command an independent unit and to advise on coral blasting.

Dan was disquietened by the advice "Don't step on a stonefish!" He was told they are almost invisible and invariably deadly. In Chapter 15, Dan describes how he found himself anchored to a large explosive charge with a quickly burning fuze. He describes the incident as "sporting".

The book includes a forward by General Sir John Stibbon, KCB, OBE, Chief Royal Engineer.

Other books by Dan Raschen

Wrong Again Dan! (1983)
Send Port & Pyjamas! (1987)
Diplomatic Dan (1997)