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Victoria was the location of a defining moment of General Sir Phillip Bennett’s illustrious military history, in a life of service across Australia and overseas.

The Viet Cong advanced into Smith’s withering fire in wave after wave like zombies, urged on by the sinister blaring of bugles

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spc. Jacob Tagaloa, part of the Australian TasmanSabre23 or Task Force Sabre 23, is training along side with the Australian Task Force.

This Friday is Vietnam Veterans Day, and the community is invited to pay their respects at a community memorial service.

Each year on the 18th of August, Australians mark Vietnam Veterans Day.

When Gary ‘Alf’ Grayson found out he would be sent into active service during the Vietnam War, he admits he was more excited than fearful.

It's the last time some will see each other, for others the first time since Vietnam.

It's the last time some will see each other, for others the first time since Vietnam.

In 1967, a highly respected Brigadier was appointed to the most politically sensitive job in the Australian Defence Force - Commander, Australian Task Force, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The controversial way he dealt with the determined and well-established enemy against the advice of experts and subordinates killed scores of Diggers and left hundreds more wounded. It was a huge military blunder. Now, based on the book 'The Minefield' by Dr. Greg Lockhart, archival records and i...

Sydney singer Cathy Wayne was on her second trip to Vietnam performing for Australian and US troops in July 1969 when a shot fired from inside a Marine Corps base left her dead on stage.