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Brad "Chomp" Woods AM is a decorated Vietnam War veteran. Commissioned in the army in 1949 Bradley served with the 1st Infantry Division before being transferred to the 3/3rd Cavalry division later in his career. Woods rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before his Codeine addiction led him to being court martialled and demoted for this role in the infamous "Anaconda in the Jungle" incident in 1963.

Early Life
Details of Woods childhood are sketchy and no birth records exist. What is clear is that Brad was definetly the hated one in the family. Brads older brother "Woodsy" was the favourite child and this lack of attention at a young may have contributed to the army being able to transform him into the ultimate killing machine that he became in later years. Brad spent most of his childhood in the Balgownie area, attending Kiera High where he learnt many important life skills such as boosting cars. What is clear is the Brad excelled at most sports and was crowned the best rugby player in the army in an inter-defence force competition in 1953. Highlights of this competition included Brad nearly "trying" once.

Anaconda in the Jungle
In later stages of his career Brad Woods codeine addiction had became all-consuming. On May 11th, 1963 whilst on patrol in the Vietnam jungle Woods began hallucinating, becoming convinced that a giant Anaconda had encircled the patrol. Fearing being crushed to death Brad opened fire, wounding 3 and killing 2 others in his patrol. After eventually being subdued, Brad was sedated and after being transferred to the nearby Army hospital the extent of his codeine addiction quickly became apparent.