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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Pamphlet, CAN VINH VIET CONG CHU Y. - Viet Cong Soldiers - Pay Attention
CAN VINH VIET CONG CHU Y. - Viet Cong Soldiers - Pay Attention. You have only just evidenced part of the destruction and death that is waiting for you. The powerful air forces of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces and our allies will wipe you out, your friends, and your bases. You only have one hope to remain alive - that is to rally immediately to the righteous side. You probably can't even imagine the destruction of the bombing that will continue to increase endlessly until you are completely wiped out. You can save yourself and your comrades... Rally to the righteous and just side immediately. On the reverse is a dead NVA/VC soldier with jets overhead.Psychological Warfare Pamphlet to say that the powerful Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces will destroy you. Picture of dead soldier and planes on the back.pamphlet, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, viet cong, terry michael collie, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment, 2790361 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Back Beach 1
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Private Dave Henderson, a wounded forward scout from 8 RAR, as he contemplates the rolling surf at the Back Beach, near the 1st Australian Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. Red Cross conducted daily trips to the beach. Pte Henderson suffered a severe leg wound, when shot by a NVA/VietCont, using an AK47 assult rifle.photograph, pte dave henderson, 8 rar, back beach, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, red cross, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, forward scout, nva/vietcont, ak 47 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Pamphlet, Chinh Phu Cam Ket Moi Hoi Chanh Vien Se Duoc - The Goverment Promises That each Rallier Will Recieve:
... NVA/VietCong ...The Government promises 10 things to rallier on reverse picture of mother thinking of her deceased son. and four line poem.The Government promises 11 things to rallier on reverse picture of mother thinking of her deceased son. and four line poem.pamphlet, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, nva/vietcong, terry michael collie, 2790361, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Pamphlet, Chinh Pur Cam Ket Moi Hoi Chanh Vien Se Duoc - The Government Promises That Each Rallier Will Receive
... NVA/VietCong ...The Government Promises that each rallier will receive 11 items. Picture of boy on a buffalo on back. "Ralliers will be completely free to build a new and happy life with their loved ones. Picture is torn on one side.pamphlet, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, nva/vietcong, terry michael collie, 2790361, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Pamphlet, Dong Bao Da Dung Quoc Lo 15 De Di Lai Buon Ban. You Have Used Route 15 To Go Back-and-Forth To Trade
... NVA/VietCong ...Dong Bao Da Dung Quoc Lo 15 De Di Lai buon Ban - You Have Used Route 15 To go back and Forth to Trade. Sketch of a bridge being blown up warning that this will happen because it has been used to ED trading.pamphlet, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, nva/vietcong, terry michael collie, 2790361, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, The Playboys 2
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of a Huey Gunship from the 1st Platoon 334th Armed Helicopter with its windscreen sprayed with mud from the explosion after firing two rockets into a VietCong sampan, loaded with explosives and ammunition attempting to enter South Vietnam down the Mekong River from Cambodia. The sampan was blown to pieces with all on board being killed and the force of the explosion pushing the nose of the helicopter upwards. nearly turning the aircraft over. The pilot had to fight the controls to regain a normal flying attitude.photograph, 1st platoon, 334th armed helicopter coy, huey helicopter, the playboys, mekong river, cambodia, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, vietcong, sanpan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, System of Tides
... NVA/VietCong ...Very old page from an exercise book in very neat manuscript with writing on both sides. The text describes in general terms, the System of Tides, i.e. as affected by the moon (diagrams etc.) No mention of Vietnam, rather of the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic Ocean - probably copied from a Vietnamese text book.. But not of Vietnam rather The Gulf Stream and Atlantic OceanRecovered from an abandoned bunker systempage from exercise book, system of tides, propaganda, nva/vc, psycological warfare, nva/vietcong, terry michael collie, 2790361, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Card, Business Card, Lien Thanh Shop
... NVA/VietCong ...We stock all goods you need. We receive laundry here and make your clothes steam. We supply ice. We clean you to shop here. 3rd Stall From the MarketRecovered from an abandoned bunker systembusiness card, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, nva/vietcong, phuoc tuy, the market, terry michael collie, 2790361, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, In Good Company, 1987
Vietnam War veteran An enthralling account of an Australian infantryman and his companions in the Vietnam War. On Friday 8th March 1968, 20-year-old Gary McKay lost the lottery. He was conscripted. From a comfortable and carefree life of surfing and rugby football, he was drafted into the deadly serious preparation for war in the jungles of South Vietnam. In Good Company is his story told in his own words. It begins with induction and selection for the officer academy for national servicemen at Scheyville, a six-month 'pressure cooker' course which produced second lieutenants ready to lead troops into action against the Viet Cong. It ends three and a half years later with a burst of NVA machine-gun fire during a battle among enemy-held bunkers in the hills of Nui Le. Here is a grass-roots account of the blood, sweat and tears shared by a rifle platoon in jungle warfare, a straightforward story of the fears and the camaraderie which soldiers experience in combat. Gary McKay fashioned this account from his experience in action, leading his platoon. The detail is provided from the 80 letters he wrote to his wife while he served. He wrote his story for the reader who wants to know what the soldier on the ground went through - in the fetid jungle, in battle. Anyone who wants to understand what service in South Vietnam meant to those who were there should read this book. 'Reading In Good Company leaves a vivid and disconcerting impression of how the Vietnam War smelt, felt and sounded. One of the most honest and affecting war memoirs which Australians have so far published.' - Mark Thomas, Canberra Times 'An enthralling, accurate account of infantry soldiering in the Vietnam era. Very readable; a must for those who have never experienced combat and a vivid reminder for all veterans.' - Major General M. P. Blake, AM, MC, former CO 5th Battalion RARGary John McKay MC (born 1947) is a writer and former Australian Army officer. He was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.[1] He later served as Commanding Officer of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment between 1988 and 1990Soft cover non fiction book -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Vietcong Flag Type 5
The National Liberation Front Flags 1955-1976 The Viet Cong, or National Liberation Front, was the patriot/rebel army based in South Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government and the supporting United States troops during the Vietnam War (1959-75). They fought mainly as guerrilla units and rarely as regular army units. They also provided a network of cadre who organized the peasants against the government in the territory they controlled. The Viet Cong were closely allied with the government of North Vietnam. The group was formed in the 1950s by former members of the Viet Minh acting on orders from Hanoi. They proved highly effective against both ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) and later against the better equipped American troops. There were at least four types of flags, probably more, seen being carried by the Viet Cong. Type #1 had a small yellow star centered over a red and blue striped background, Type #2 had a larger white star centered on the red and light-blue striped background, Type #3 had either a large or small yellow star centered on a red and white striped background, and Type #4 had three vertical stripes of red/white/red with a small gold star centered on the white stripe. Like the early flags of the American Revolution, most flags were hand-made and each flag was a little different. Some examples of these variant flags also had Vietnamese text added to them. http://www.loeser.us/flags/cold.html#vietnamCotton flag with a red upper half and bluish lower half An Orange star is in the centre. The flag is very water damaged with extensive fading of the colour. It was initially difficult to differentiate between a Type 1, Type 3 and Type 5 flag vietcong, flag, -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, 5 RAR 2nd Tour 1969 to 1970
An Poster, Information Board of a Schematic drawing and two colour photos with description of Battle of Binh Ba 1969. Two other photos of other actions of 2nd tour. Tiger emblem on black V. Black text on white background Under the bottom black and white photograph reads: Survivors of a land mine disaster on the 15th of June 1969. D comapny 12 Platoon 5 RAR suffered heavy casualties due a land mine detonation at Dat Do. Pictured are the six survivors. Rear Private W Morgan, Private A Tuckfield, Front B Savige, Lance Corporal R Chaplin, Lance Corporal R Knapp, Private A Van Hulst.dat do, 5 rar, pte w.morgan, pte a. tuckfield, pte b. savage, pte a van hulet, l/cpl r. chaplin, l/cpl r knapp, poster, information board, battle of binh ba, 12 platoon, 33 nva regiment, viet cong, battle honour, 1 atf -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Direct Hit, c.1969
Colour Photograph of a direct hit by a Viet Cong rocket on a fuel dump 1969.'Direct Hit' fuel dump hit by V C Rocket 1969 Photographed by J C Merciecawar photography, vietcong rockets -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, William Collins, Vietnam : an epic tragedy history of a tragic war, 2018
Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.722.non-fictionVietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.vietnam war 1961-1975 – history, vietnam war 1961-1975 – personal recollections -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear - Pith Helmet, NVA
North Vietnamese Viet Cong Pith Helmet with National Liberation Front metal badgehelmet, vietnamese clothing -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, NVA
Green North Vietnamese Viet Cong bush hat with National Liberation front badgevietnamese clothing, bush hat -
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, One of two VC sappe swimmers captured by Audio, CDT-3 members in Vung Tau, 1969
Framed b/w photograph of captured Sapper swimmer in Vung Tau in 1969.vietcong sappers, audio, cdt-3 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, 5 RAR 1969 - 1970 (Second Tour)
An informatation board of the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment conducted sixteen major operation and numerous company sized sweep during its second tour. Cordons and search, search and destroy, ambush, and clearing patrols were conducted at company, platoon and sectional levels.poster, information board, 5 rar, battle of binh ba, battle honour, 1 atf, nui thai vai mountains, phuoc tuy province, viet cong, 33 nva regiment, guerrilla warfare, may tao mountains, hat dich, capt d s wilkins -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Marshall, S. L. A, Ambush: The story of Dau Tieng, the greatest battle of the Vietnam War, is told in terrifying detail by America's foremost battle reporter and military historian. General Marshall was there, and his book is based on battle-site interviews with the survivors
The battle, code-named Operation Attleboro, began with a simple purpose: to block a Vietcong attack on an Americian base camp that was expected to occur in time to attect elections in the United States.The battle, code-named Operation Attleboro, began with a simple purpose: to block a Vietcong attack on an Americian base camp that was expected to occur in time to attect elections in the United States.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnamese wars battle of dau tieng, the battle of dau tieng, the battle of dong minh chau, operation attleboro, american base camp, vietcong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rottman, Gordon L, North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958-75, 2009
Commonly mistaken for the locally raised Viet Cong, the NVA was an entirely different force, conducting large-scale operations in a conventional war.Commonly mistaken for the locally raised Viet Cong, the NVA was an entirely different force, conducting large-scale operations in a conventional war.vietnam (democratic republic) -- armed forces., vietnam (democratic republic) -- history, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McNeill, Ian, To Long Tan: the Australian army & the Vietnam War (Copy 1)
To Long Tan conforms the well-earned reputation of Australian official histories for candour, critical analysis, and breadth of coverage.To Long Tan conforms the well-earned reputation of Australian official histories for candour, critical analysis, and breadth of coverage.australia. army. foreign service - vietnam, vietnam - armed forces, bien hoa, 173rd airborne brigade, 1rar, 161, 161 field battery, phuoc tuy, vung tau, nui, nui dat, binh ba, d445 battalion (nva/vietcong) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McNeill, Ian, To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950 - 1966 (Copy 2)
To Long Tan conforms the well-earned reputation of Australian official histories for candour, critical analysis, and breadth of coverage.To Long Tan conforms the well-earned reputation of Australian official histories for candour, critical analysis, and breadth of coverage.australia. army. foreign service - vietnam, vietnam - armed forces, bien hoa, 1rar, 173rd airborne brigade, 161 field battery, phuoc tuy, vung tau, nui, nui dat, d445 battalion (nva/vietcong), binh, binh ba -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Micheletti, Eric, Seals in Vietnam, 1997?
From 1966 on to the fall of Saigon in April 1975, the SEAL Teams were present in South vietnam where they accomplished extraordiny intellignece-gathering missions and eliminated Vietcong units in the Mekong Delta.From 1966 on to the fall of Saigon in April 1975, the SEAL Teams were present in South vietnam where they accomplished extraordiny intellignece-gathering missions and eliminated Vietcong units in the Mekong Delta.united states. navy -- commando troops -- history, united states. navy. seals -- history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- commando operations -- united states, fall of saigon, mekong delta, vietcong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Davidson, Leon, Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam, 2006
The Vietnam War was like no other the Australias and New Sealanders had fought. There was no front line, no safe zone, no glory. In the jungles the Vietcong seemed to be everywhere and nowhere - and winning. To fond the Vietcong, a country was torn apart, In questioning why they were there, Australia and New Zealand almost tore themselves apart.The Vietnam War was like no other the Australias and New Sealanders had fought. There was no front line, no safe zone, no glory. In the jungles the Vietcong seemed to be everywhere and nowhere - and winning. To fond the Vietcong, a country was torn apart, In questioning why they were there, Australia and New Zealand almost tore themselves apart.vietnamese conflict, new zealand troops, australian troops, vietcong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lawson, Don, The War in Vietnam, 1981
Several short stories about the Vietnam WarSeveral short stories about the Vietnam War (1961-1975) juvenile literature, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietcong, tet offensive, north vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Marshall, S.L.A, The Fields of Bamboo: The True Story of Dong Tre, Trung Luong and Hoa Hoi - Three Battles Just Beyond the South China Sea, 1971
It began and ended with a trap. The first one nearl led a green Special Forces captain into a slaughter, the last cost the life of a heroic lietuenant. Between the two raged some of the fiercest infantry fighting of the Vietnam WarIt began and ended with a trap. The first one nearl led a green Special Forces captain into a slaughter, the last cost the life of a heroic lietuenant. Between the two raged some of the fiercest infantry fighting of the Vietnam Waraustralia - armed forces - biography, vietnam war, personal narratives - australian, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives, australian, battle of dong tre, battle of trung luong, battle of hoa hoi, 1st cavalry division, 101st screaming eagles, nva -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Portrait of the Enemy. (Copy 2)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, vietcong, vietnam - history - 1945-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Grenville, Kenneth, The Saving of South Vietnam. (Copy 1)
Although the war in Vietnam has casued divisions amongst the people of Australia and has produced a number of anti-war books, this is the first non-official publication in Australia to set out the case for South Vietnam and to justify the policy of the U.S. Australian and other governments in intervening to prevent the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese taking over South Vietnam.Although the war in Vietnam has casued divisions amongst the people of Australia and has produced a number of anti-war books, this is the first non-official publication in Australia to set out the case for South Vietnam and to justify the policy of the U.S. Australian and other governments in intervening to prevent the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese taking over South Vietnam.vietnam war, u.s. government, australian government, south vietnam, north vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McAulay, Lex, The Battle of Long Tan (large print) (Copy 1)
This book tells the story of the Battle of Long Tan, and the men who fought it - a moving story of great courage in the face of overwhelming odds.This book tells the story of the Battle of Long Tan, and the men who fought it - a moving story of great courage in the face of overwhelming odds. vietnam, 1966, battle of long tan, phuoc tuy province, vietcong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pike, Douglas, Massacre at Hue
The cit of Hue is one of he saddest cities of our earth, no simply because of what happened there in February, 1968, unthinkalbe as that was.The cit of Hue is one of he saddest cities of our earth, no simply because of what happened there in February, 1968, unthinkalbe as that was. 1961-1975 - atrocities, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - campaigns - vietnam - hue, terrorism - vietnam, battle of hue, communist, tet offensive, vietcong