A machine gun spray of memories
6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (6 Bn RAR/NZ (ANZAC) arrived in South Vietnam in May 1969 and five days later 5 Platoon was tasked with a platoon standing patrol around 3 kilometres from the base.
‘Australia’s Vietnam: Myth vs History’ – Dr Mark Dapin
In opening, Dr Dapin quipped, to an audience of 30, that his father fought the Korean War from the Sherwood Forest and then from Germany while doing UK national service during the 1950s.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind The RAN’s role, Vietnam, 1965 – 1972 Second Edition by John R Carroll – Book Review
Recognition of the RAN contribution to the Australian involvement in Vietnam between 1965 and 1972 is usually limited to naval gunfire support provided by destroyers with only a passing reference to logistic support by HMAS Sydney.
Vietnam vanguard – a unit history of lasting value.
Unit histories are usually written mainly for members of the unit and their descendants: only a few have lasting historical value.
The CMF and the Vietnam War
In the period leading up to Australia’s involvement in Vietnam, the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) [today’s Army Reserve] in Australia was a reasonably strong and viable force, with a mixture of younger soldiers, volunteers and 1950’s National Servicemen, strengthened by a small number of experienced former 2nd AIF, Korea and Malaya veterans.
Where Soldiers Lie – The Quest to find Australia’s War Dead by Ian McPhedran
Where Soldiers Lie is not a guidebook to Commonwealth War Graves where our soldiers are buried and commemorated.
Konfrontasi Diggers 1963-66: The activities of 3RAR during the Indonesian Confrontation
This article is the text of a lecture delivered to the Society’s meeting on 7 December 2019.
Vietnam: Our Stories by Kevin Childs and Ken Foster – Book Review
This is a collection of stories of the war by its Australian participants assembled under the banner of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia.
