The Battle of Coral

Lex McAulay

Vietnam Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, May 1968.

For 26 days during May and June 1968 the 1st Australian Task Force fought a series of actions around Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, north-east of Saigon. Lex McAulay's detailed account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War is a masterly piece of reconstruction.

Soft cover, photographs, 361 pages.