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  1. 'There was no colour bar, no animosity between us ... We were all brothers'

    Graham Taylor was 19 years old when his platoon came under attack in Vietnam.

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  2. Chronological guide to official records - Vietnam War

  3. Vietnam War 1962-75

  4. Australian War Memorial recognises Indigenous Vietnam veterans

    New research from the Australian War Memorial has identified more than 250 Indigenous men and women who served for Australia during the Vietnam War.

    Media release

  5. Australian Army Training Team Vietnam

    2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first contingent of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, in Saigon, on 3 August 1962.

    Article

  6. Operation Overlord and the Battle of Long Khanh

    By June 1971 Australia had been involved in the Vietnam War for nine years. With no end in sight to an unpopular war, the Australians - like the Americans - were reducing their forces as they prepared to pull out of Vietnam.

    Article

  7. Anzac Day Commemorative Address Dawn Service 2022

    Commemorative Address given by Mr Michael Ruffin OAM. A veteran of Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam.

    Speech

  8. 'We were very lucky, very lucky'

    It was New Year's Eve 1968, and Mike Ruffin was on his last operation in Vietnam. He had already served in Malaya and Borneo, and by the age of 26 was an experienced SAS patrol commander.

    Article

  9. 'He's my best mate'

    Roy Dodd and Ray Collins are the best of friends. Their unbreakable bond was forged in Vietnam when they served together in the same tank crew during the battle of Binh Ba.

    Article

  10. Vietnam Veterans Day

    Read about the annual commemoration of Vietnam Veterans Day.

    Article

  11. The battles of Coral & Balmoral: May-June 1968

    Forty years ago, in May/June 1968 Australian soldiers fought their largest, most sustained and arguably most hazardous battles of the Vietnam War.

    Article

  12. Tet Offensive

    Audio and transcription of the closing ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of one of the most famous campaigns of the Vietnam War - the Tet Offensive.

    Article

  13. Mike Coleridge, Australian Vietnam War photographer, 1933-2012

    Read about Mike Coleridge, Australian Vietnam War photographer, 1933-2012

    Article

  14. Film Collection Online: With the Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam

    Explore the film and sound collection of the Australian War memorials showreel of the RAN during the conflict in Vietnam highlighting different aspects of the RAN's activities from 1965 until 1972

    Article

  15. Vietnam through a lens

    This slideshow was screened as part of the "Vietnam through a lens" film screening at the Australian War Memorial on Vietnam Veterans Day, 2013. We hope you enjoy it as much as those that were able to attend on the day did.

    Article

  16. Les Wasley: Capturing Vietnam

    Leslie Martin Wasley describes what it was like to be camera man in a war zone

    Article

  17. Vietnam Battle Intelligence Computer data tapes Part 2 of 3

    Learn more about the first digital official records that we have that were created by Australian units in the field.

    Article

  18. Vietnam Battle Intelligence Computer data tapes Part 1 of 3

    Learn more about recovering data from DECtapes used in a trial during the Vietnam War.

    Article

  19. 50th anniversaries of the battles at Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral in Vietnam Program of commemorations and exhibitions

    The Australian War Memorial will have a program of commemorations and exhibitions to mark the 50th anniversaries of the battles of Coral and Balmoral in which Australian soldiers fought their largest, most sustained and arguably most hazardous battles of the Vietnam War.

    Media release

  20. Vale Peter Anthony Ward

    In Memoriam, learn more about the life of Peter Anthony Ward, photographer of the Vietnam War

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