Vet recalls war service
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.
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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 interviews with those directly involved, for the first time we reveal the true, untold story of the V...
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.