Major Kenneth Graham Peterson as the Civil Affairs Liaison Officer and Sergeant Michael Henry as an interpreter, both of 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, and Corporal Maxwell Patterson as a member of 17th Construction Squadron, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan

Accession Number S03496
Collection type Sound
Measurement 16 min 30 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description 1/4 inch sound tape reel; KODAK; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; mono; 7 inch
Maker Henry, Michael
Patterson, Maxwell
Peterson, Kenneth Graham
Logan, Lance
Date made 1966
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Peterson speaks of celebrations at the completion of a 1st Australian Logistic Support Group civic aid project to construct educational and medical facilities in Nam Binh, a resettlement village in Vung Tau Special Zone. Henry explains the significance of the songs being sung at the celebration by the children. Patterson speaks of his organisation of a Christmas party at Back Beach for the children of Nam Binh.
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  • Listen to Major Kenneth Graham Peterson as the Civil Affairs Liaison Officer and Sergeant Michael Henry as an interpreter, both of 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, and Corporal Maxwell Patterson as a member of 17th Construction Squadron, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
  • Listen to Part 2 of Major Kenneth Graham Peterson as the Civil Affairs Liaison Officer and Sergeant Michael Henry as an interpreter, both of 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, and Corporal Maxwell Patterson as a member of 17th Construction Squadron, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan

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