On August 18, 1966, 108 Australian soldiers of D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fought for survival ...

A memorial erected by Australian soldiers to mark the bloody battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War has found a new home in Canberra. Diggers installed the Long Tan Cross in Southern Vietnam in ...

Veterans from around the country will gather this week to mark the 60th anniversary of the most significant Australian battle of the Vietnam War — an against-the-odds victory for the diggers which one ...

The 82-year-old won’t be wearing his medals — nor will any of the men who were finally recommended for medals last week over their actions at Long Tan. Nor will any politicians or official dignitaries ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Bob Grandin has a vivid memory of flying a helicopter to resupply ammunition to besieged Australian ...

Exclusively for CounterPunch, Matthew Stevenson travels from Haiphong and Hanoi, in what was North Vietnam, to the Central Highlands and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon and the capital, in search of ...

It is a date now commemorated as Vietnam Veterans Day and it marks the day 108 Australian troops defeated 3500 battle hardened North Vietnam Army regulars. Australian forces were still digging in at ...

The most vivid memories Col Flatters has of the Battle of Long Tan are the torrential rain and firing frantically. The retired Major, a gunner in 1966, recalled his role in one of the bloodiest ...