The Men Who Persevered
The first Australians committed to serve in Vietnam were a group of military instructors known as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV). Their initial role was to assist in the training of the ground forces of South Vietnam. However, battalion battles, artillery duels, the relief of besieged camps, and mobile strike forces became part of the mosaic that saw...PaperbackSold OutThe Battle at Ngok Tavak
In 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company, under the command of an Australian Army Captain, supported by a Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort on a hill known as Ngok Tavak. The circumstances of the battle that ensued, and the subsequent retreat from Ngok Tavak, left in their wake issues that...PaperbackSold Out