Colonel Francis Adrian Roberts (Rtd) as a lieutenant troop commander 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron South Vietnam 1965-1967 and as a captain adviser Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Ian McNeill

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number S01475
Collection type Sound
Measurement 3 hr 31 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description 1/4 inch sound tape reel; AMPEX 641; 1 7/8 ips/4.75 cm.s; half track mono; 5 inch
Maker Roberts, Francis Adrian
McNeill, Ian Graham
Date made 10 February 1978
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Roberts speaks as the Officer Commanding 3 Troop 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron at the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, in 1966 and of his later experiences on his second posting to South Vietnam as a captain adviser Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.

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