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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book - D-Tour: My Unexpected Journey To Joy through PTSD, Wirt, Gregory A
Anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other stress-related conditions are controlling our lives, affecting our health and happiness - and they are killing us!Anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other stress-related conditions are controlling our lives, affecting our health and happiness - and they are killing us!ptsd, vietnam, veteran -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bosiljevac TL, Seals: UDT/SEAL Operations In Vietnam (Copy 1)
They were the weapon of last resort. In January 1962, two Sea, Air, and Land Teams were formed. Called SEALs for short, the teams drew their name from the elements through which they infiltrate, operate, and melt away.They were the weapon of last resort. In January 1962, two Sea, Air, and Land Teams were formed. Called SEALs for short, the teams drew their name from the elements through which they infiltrate, operate, and melt away.united states. navy. seals, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Badge
Army Combat Badge: the Army Combat Badge (ACB) recognises the unique service of a member operating with an Arms Corp unit within a warlike area of operations. The ACB does not recognise combat duties but service with a combat element through formal force assignment. Infantry Combat Badge: The Infantry Combat Badge (ICB) is a military decoration awarded for service as an infantryman in warlike operations. the ICB was awarded to members of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in an infantry battalion and deployed for at least 90 days to an operational area. Returned from Active Service Badge: Since World War Two the Returned from Active Service Badge (RASB) is issued to those returning from warlike service, such as Vietnam. The RASB is a personal issue and not issued to relatives of deceased ex-members,The three badges are placed horizontally on a thin board with white background and black border. The board sits on a white stand. First badge is at the top with gold colour of the crown on a background. Second badge is copper alike brushed with black top layer of a dagger. Third badge is at the bottom and has almost black colour of 2 crossed swords.badge, medals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, Army
Top half life-sized mannequin of a soldier in jungle greens shirt, hat, scarf watch, two pens in pocket. He is holding a movie camera with microphone chord through webbingmannequin, john neervoort, uniform, clothing, movie camera -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, 'Homecoming'
Extract from the unpublished memoir of David Roberts 161 Bty RNZA, describing the difficulties in fitting in after returning home when people around you have no idea what you have been through.Extract from memoir. Source: www.vietnamwar.govt.nzdavid roberts, rnza, memoir -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Through my eyes, Vietnam - Hong Kong, 1970, 1970
A collection of b/w & coloured photos (with recorded sound) taken during the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. (Copy 2), 1996
The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally tumultruous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation.The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally tumultruous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states -
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Book, Page, Tim and Pimlott, John, Nam: The Vietnam Experience 1965-1975, 1990
The Vietnam War was a conflict so voilent, so bizarre that it left a whole generation of young Americans too shocked and scarred to understand the nightmare they had been throughThe Vietnam War was a conflict so voilent, so bizarre that it left a whole generation of young Americans too shocked and scarred to understand the nightmare they had been throughvietnam - pictorial works, vietnam war (1961-1975), south, south east asia, american servicemen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lewis, Stephen, My Vietnam: Photograph by Australian veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 1), 2002
My Vietnam is a pictoria journey seen through the cameras of over 80 Australian veterans of the Vietnam conflict.The book is signed by the author. The dustjacket is missing & the hard cover of the book is damaged along the edges & the top of the pages appears water damaged.My Vietnam is a pictoria journey seen through the cameras of over 80 Australian veterans of the Vietnam conflict. 1961-1975 - participation, australian, vietnam war, 1961- 1975 - pictorial works, australian national serviceman, 12th field regiment, royal australian artillery -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Reed, Alan AO, Invited to a War, 2020
Family circumstances dictated that Alan Reed leave school before his sixteenth birthday. He was employed in a Chartered Accountants office until 'called up' for National Service Training in the RAAF. Becoming airborne for the first time in a Dakota DC3 changed his life forever and he applied for and was accepted by the RAAF as a Trainee Pilot. Graduating as a Sergeant in 1954 he progressed through the ranks completing his career as an Air Vice Marshall leading RAAF Support Command, an organisation of more that twelve thousand people: one of Australia's largest institutions at the time.Family circumstances dictated that Alan Reed leave school before his sixteenth birthday. He was employed in a Chartered Accountants office until 'called up' for National Service Training in the RAAF. Becoming airborne for the first time in a Dakota DC3 changed his life forever and he applied for and was accepted by the RAAF as a Trainee Pilot. Graduating as a Sergeant in 1954 he progressed through the ranks completing his career as an Air Vice Marshall leading RAAF Support Command, an organisation of more that twelve thousand people: one of Australia's largest institutions at the time.alan reed, australia. royal australian air force – veterans, australia. royal australian air force - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, O'Neill, Robert J, General Giap: Politician & Strategist, 1969
This book has come into being through default of any comprehensive treatment of Giap in the two major roles for which he has achieved world notice.This book has come into being through default of any comprehensive treatment of Giap in the two major roles for which he has achieved world notice.vietnam history - 20th century, vietnam - politics and government - 20th century, north v, north vietnam, dien bien phu, red river delta, battle of vinh yen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Brodie, Scott, Tilting at Dominoes: Australia and the Vietnam War
tilting of Dominoes: Australia and the Vietnam War tells the story of our country's involvement in the Vietnam War, from the political naivety of the 1950s through to the more enlightened and informed society of the late 1960s.tilting of Dominoes: Australia and the Vietnam War tells the story of our country's involvement in the Vietnam War, from the political naivety of the 1950s through to the more enlightened and informed society of the late 1960s.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hendrickson, Paul, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. (Copy 1)
The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally trumultuous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation.The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally trumultuous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam (Copy 1)
During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, mekong delta, 199th light infantry brigade, lieutenant lee lanning -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam (Copy 2)
During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, 199th light infantry brigade, mekong delta, lieutenant lee lanning -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Kraslow, David and Loory, Stuart H, The Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam
Early in 1967 a new and disturbing rumor swept through diplomatic circles around the world: the United States had ruined its most promising opportunity to find peace in Vietnam by escalating its bombing of he North at a critical time.Early in 1967 a new and disturbing rumor swept through diplomatic circles around the world: the United States had ruined its most promising opportunity to find peace in Vietnam by escalating its bombing of he North at a critical time.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - peace, united states, north vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Kubey, Craig,Addlestone, David, The Viet Vet Survival Guide: How To Cut Through T Bureaucracy And Get What You Need - And Are Entitled Tohe
The United States government has not fulfilled its moral contract with you, the men and women who risked - and sometimes ruined - your lives in the service of your country. But now there is help.The United States government has not fulfilled its moral contract with you, the men and women who risked - and sometimes ruined - your lives in the service of your country. But now there is help.united states. veterans' administration - booklets, manuals, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states - booklets, manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sabben, Dave, Through enemy eyes (Copy 1)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, australia - armed forces - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sabben, Dave, Through Enemy Eyes (Copy 2)
On 19 August 1966, the war in Viet Nam became a reality to the Australian people. It was announced in the press, and later in the parliament, that a battle had occurred near Task Force Base at Nui Dat.On 19 August 1966, the war in Viet Nam became a reality to the Australian people. It was announced in the press, and later in the parliament, that a battle had occurred near Task Force Base at Nui Dat. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, australia - armed forces - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dennis, D.J, One Day At A Time: A Vietnam Diary: "Sometimes you couldn't hear the guns for the laughter..." (Copy 2)
The year is 1968 - The Tet Offensive has begun. Conscript James "Ned" Kelly os one of six men who featured in this dramatic Vietnam story. "Ned" is almost half-way through his sentenced "Tour of Duty", and is part of the specialist aviation unit, the Australian Army's 161 Reconaissance Flight.The year is 1968 - The Tet Offensive has begun. Conscript James "Ned" Kelly os one of six men who featured in this dramatic Vietnam story. "Ned" is almost half-way through his sentenced "Tour of Duty", and is part of the specialist aviation unit, the Australian Army's 161 Reconaissance Flight.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, tet offensive, 161 recce flight, james "ned" kelly -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Chanoff, David,Van Toai, D, Portrait of the Enemy: The Other Side of the War in Vietnam (Copy 1)
Told through interviews with North Vietnamese, former Vietcong and Southern Opposition LeadersTold through interviews with North Vietnamese, former Vietcong and Southern Opposition Leadersvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, vietcong, vietnam - history - 1945-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Perham, Dave, Rolling through 32: pictures and memories from the Soldiers of 32 Small ship Squadron: Royal Australian Engineers
It takes little skill or imagination to see where you would like to army to be and when.It takes little skill or imagination to see where you would like to army to be and when.australia. army. royal australian engineers, small ship squadron, 32nd - history -
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Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 1)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, air pilots - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock It To 'em Baby: Forward Air Controller in Vietnam (Copy 2)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Book - PaperbackGarry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
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Book, Keesing's Research Report, South Vietnam: A Political History 1954-1970
Starting with the consolidation of the Diem Regime through to President Thieu's regimeStarting with the consolidation of the Diem Regime through to President Thieu's regimevietnam - history, saigon, diem regime, president diem, president thieu -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia. Directorate of Army Public Affairs, The Australian Army: A Brief History
A brief history of the Australian Army through out the many wars that Australians have fought in.A brief history of the Australian Army through out the many wars that Australians have fought in.australian army, history -
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Book, Page, Tim, Ten Years After: Vietnam Today, 1987
Long after the last spasm of the Vietnam War, the day tank no. 844 trundled through the Presidential gates in Saigon after a journey of over two thousand miles, the memories and experiences of this ferocious conflict continue to haunt a whole generation, East and West.Long after the last spasm of the Vietnam War, the day tank no. 844 trundled through the Presidential gates in Saigon after a journey of over two thousand miles, the memories and experiences of this ferocious conflict continue to haunt a whole generation, East and West.vietnam - description and travel, vietnam - pictorial works -
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Book, Dunlop, W.A.S, The Fighting Soldier
The greatest talent of a general is to secure obedience through the affection he inspires.The greatest talent of a general is to secure obedience through the affection he inspires.great britain. army - booklets, manuals, australia. army - booklets, manuals -
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Film, Over 1000 Australian soldiers contracted malaria in Vietnam, 1968 approximate
Coloured image taken from an Ektochrome slide by 4718859 Grantley Paze "Acute health effects from incorrect handling of insecticides etc. Image of bare chested soldier spraying a solution.Over one thousand Australian soldiers contracted malaria in Vietnam. M.A.P.W. "Acute health effects from incorrect handling and use of concentrated solutions such as insecticides can occur through contact, inhalation and ingestion"photograph, 1st australian field hospital, ektachrome slide -
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Book, Jungle Tracks: Australian Armour in Viet Nam (Copy 1)
...a fascinating and rewarding journey through the experience of our modern Armoured Corps at war. To read is to recall the dust, the mud, the noise and smells, the laughter and the dedication of those great times, those great men. By Peter Cosgrove, Lieutenant General, Chief of Army...a fascinating and rewarding journey through the experience of our modern Armoured Corps at war. To read is to recall the dust, the mud, the noise and smells, the laughter and the dedication of those great times, those great men. By Peter Cosgrove, Lieutenant General, Chief of Armyaustralia. army. royal australian armoured corps., vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, general peter cosgrove, sir peter cosgrove