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Folks, a noble Rhodesian needs our help. John Van Zyl is the creator of Fighting Men of Rhodesia, a YouTube oral-history project interviewing former Rhodesian servicemen and preserving their accounts of the war. Co-host and fellow veteran Tony Ballinger put out a plea for help to support John. He's started a GoFundMe to help John. He is a Rhodesian Bush War veteran who served in the 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI). He grew up in colonial Rhodesia and served during the Bush War. His channel has nearly 500 interviews of veterans and other Rhodesians making it one of the primary repository of memories and experiences from the Rhodesian Bush War. John van Zyl needs financial support. Like many veterans of the Rhodesian Bush War, he belongs to a generation of white Rhodesians largely abandoned by the country they once served. Zimbabwe does not provide military pensions to former Rhodesian servicemen leaving many veterans dependent on personal savings, private pensions, family assistance, or whatever income they can generate in retirement. John relies primarily on revenue from his YouTube channel and has relocated to the Philippines, partly because the cost of living in South Africa became unaffordable. His work is also a historical preservation effort. Every year, more Rhodesian veterans die, taking their firsthand experiences with them. Supporting his channel helps sustain both the man conducting these interviews and the preservation of testimony that might otherwise disappear. Come on, chinas, help a troopie out. Don't be stingy! GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-for-john…? Check out the channel and watch Tony's explanation/plea here: youtube.com/watch?v=HQopjhdJ… If you don't do GoFundMe, you can PayPal directly to: paypal.com/paypalme/johnvzyl or join on Patreon at patreon.com/johnvanzyl @DolioJ @Will_Tanner_1 @Rhodesiaonsol @ProjectRhodesia and others, can you help me spread the word?