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 […]
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.
Answering the Call – Life of a Helicopter pilot in Vietnam and beyond by Bob Grandin – Book Review
This is Dr Grandin’s second book: the first was about the battle of Long Tan.
Vietnam – An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975 by Max Hastings – Book Review
This book is a unique historical account of the Vietnam War written through the eyes of prominent British journalist Max Hastings.
Australia and the Vietnam War: 50 years on
The period from the Tet offensive of early 1968 to the Moratorium demonstration of May 1970 was the turning point in the most important battlefield of the Vietnam War—the battle […]
SIGINT Success at the Battle of Loc An, 1969
547 Signal Troop (“the Troop”) was a sub-unit on the Order of Battle of the 1st Australian Task Force for the duration of the Vietnam War.
