Bomber

Tony "Bomber" Bower-Miles was a young sapper in the Australian Army when he first went to Vietnam in 1969. Landmines were one of the biggest threats faced by troops on both sides, and Bomber's work involved the dangerous task of clearing them. He saw mates killed and horribly injured, leaving him with a deep-rooted hatred of these deadly weapons. He returned to Australia scarred and unable to relate to a peacetime world. Alcohol became his way of escaping, and his life spiralled down into addiction and violence.But Bomber wasn't ready to let the war beat him. In 2001, he returned to South East Asia, putting his old skills to work in clearing the millions of forgotten land mines that litter Cambodia. Starting from scratch, Bomber established the Vietnam Veterans Mine Clearing Team, an NGO with a difference - as those who fought now help others still suffering the consequences of the conflict.Bomber is his story. Tough and uncompromising, it reveals the brutal face of war but also tells of redemption and humanity in the most challenging of circumstances.