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Book, Big Sky Publishing et al, Long Tan : the start of a lifelong battle, 2016
On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summaryIll, maps, p.336.non-fictionOn the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summary vietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – long tan -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Quest Books, War and the soul: Healing our nation's veterans from post-traumatic stress disorder, 2005
Post-traumatic stress disorder increasingly afflicts veterans of modern warfare. To begin healing, says Edward Tick, we must see PTSD as a disorder of identity itself. War's violence can cause the very soul to flee and be lost for life. Drawing on history, mythology, and thirty years of experience, Dr. Tick reveals the universal dimensions of veterans' soul wounding. He uses methods from ancient Greek, Native America, Vietnamese, and other traditions to restore the soul so that the veteran can, at last, truly return home. His work is invaluable for veterans of any war as well as for their families and all who would help themIndex, bibliography, notes, p.329.non-fictionPost-traumatic stress disorder increasingly afflicts veterans of modern warfare. To begin healing, says Edward Tick, we must see PTSD as a disorder of identity itself. War's violence can cause the very soul to flee and be lost for life. Drawing on history, mythology, and thirty years of experience, Dr. Tick reveals the universal dimensions of veterans' soul wounding. He uses methods from ancient Greek, Native America, Vietnamese, and other traditions to restore the soul so that the veteran can, at last, truly return home. His work is invaluable for veterans of any war as well as for their families and all who would help thempost traumatic stress disorder - treatment, veterans - mental health - united states -
Bass Coast Shire Council - Robert Smith Collection
Artwork, other - Three Men (Bringing in a Viet Cong suspect )1969, Jim Cane
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Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Souvenir - Vietnamese Doll
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Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Equipment - n/a, c2010
Helmet is an examples of equipment (clothing) issued to the soldiers of North Vietnam. It is unknown how it came into the hands of the lender.Significant in respect that the soldiers of North Vietnam were a respected foe and these items represent a tangible reminder of the enemy faced.Pith Helmet as issued to Army of North Vietnam soldiers, olive in colour with a North Vietnam star central to the front.vietnam, vietnam war, diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, north vietnamese army -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Chris Coulthard Clark, Hit My Smoke - Targeting the Enemy in Vietnam, 1997
vietnamese conflict 1961-1975, aerial operations american, air pilots military, australian personal narratives -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Flying Dragons The South Vietnamese Air Force, 1988
Hard cover 223 pages with black and white photos -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Work on paper - Vietnamese propagander posters, Flag on 1 side picture and reward on other
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices. (hardcover) (Copy 4)
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices. (hardcover) (Copy 5)
vietnamese conflict - 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Please Help
A Black and White Photograph of a Mother begging on the street nursing a baby.photograph, vietnamese children -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Injured child
Black and White Photograph of a young child in traction on a stretcher.photograph, vietnamese children, medical -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Young boy
Mounted colour Photograph of a young boy in shorts and jacket. Other children are seen squatting in the background.photograph., vietnamese children, orphan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, NVA
Grey/green patrol cap with National flag (gold star on red field) with white letters "VIETNAMvietnamese clothing -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Two Vets
Coloured photograph of two Vietnam Veterans holding a North Vietamese Flagphotograph, veterans, north vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Helping The Locals
A Photograph of a soldier interacting with a local mother and baby. Interested locals look on.photograph, vietnamese people -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mission Vietnam: Royal Australian Air Force operations (Copy 1), 1974
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, australian, australia. royal australian air force -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Tiger Man of Vietnam. (Copy 1)
petersen, barry -- career in armed forces, australia. army. australian army training team, vietnam -- officers -- biography, australia. army. australian army training team, vietnam -- officers, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, montagnard (vietnamese people) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, On the offensive: the Australian Army in the Vietnam War, January 1967-June 1968, 2003
australia. army - history - vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, One soldier
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Possums and Bird Dogs
australia. army aviation corp. reconnaissance flight, 161 - history, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ringed in steel
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - tank warfare -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cuoc chien dang do
veterans - vietnam, languages: vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dau: a novel of Vietnam
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dragonfire
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Everyday heroes
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Fallen Angels
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - juvenile fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Fire and Rain
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Bitumen Burners (Copy1)
vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives, australian, australia. army. royal australian army service corps. 86 transport platoon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, House of love: life in a Vietnamese hospital
long-xuyen (vietnam). binh-vien, hospitals - vietnam