"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

Lest we forget !

Less we forget.... Never while we are alive..

A Salute of Respect and Thanks for the sacrifices made by all Aussie and Kiwi troops during WW1 WW 2 and Korea, and Vietnam for the Aussies...

Happy Anzac Day to all Australian and New Zealand Forum members...

Cheers and Respect to my Aussie and Kiwi Comrades.

Hey now - Kiwis right there beside you as well in Vietnam

I worked with an Australian Air Force officer...I want to say his rank was a Flight Lieutenant or something. He was an Air Officer with Multi-Natonal Forces in Iraq, attached to Regimental Combat Team-2 in 2005.

He was a crazy Mother [bleep]. I wish I kept in contact with him.

Good guy to have on your side.

Salute and Thanks !

I stand corrected and my apologies for overloooking that point..

cheers and best regards...

and a Salute to all of those Kiwis who are Vietnam Vets...

I was recently talking to a Kiwi Vietnam Vet now in his 70's who said that he thinks about the Vietcong and NVA he killed almost every day. Said nearly all were very young and although he was doing his duty he is filled with remorse.

There is a town in Alberta called Anzac, just southeast of Fort McMurray. Anzac troops were stationed there during WW2. They have had to evacuate the area due to wildfires in the region. Anzac itself was an evac center for the city of Fort McMurray. Unfortunately the fires have crept too close to it now as well.

SS

Australia and New Zealand are the ONLY countries that have had our back in EVERY conflict.

Thank You!

And thanks for the huge sacrifices made by the U.S. armed forces when stopping the enemy at the gate in the WWII Pacific war.

It's time again !





"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

Lest we forget !

An interesting read for you fellas in the US and Canada would be the battle of Long Tan, D company of 6 RAR would have been wiped out if not for the courage and accuracy of the kiwi artillery battery, after the company was nearly over run they called in the artillery and the kiwi's dropped the stuff almost on top of the trapped men, without a shadow of doubt it saved them from being wiped out.

Of course that battle went on to be probably the aussies finest hour in Vietnam.

Lest We Forget

Johno

Long Tan is brought up so many times and flogged to death ,that some vets have expressed that it feels like they were not in Nam,
because the enemy encounters they were engaged in and where their mates made the ultimate sacrifice,dont rate much of a mention.

Cheers, Mates.

COL C. Powell, USA, Retired

Well now is that a fact??????

I raised Long Tan simply to highlight the effort of the kiwi artillery and the effect they had on the battle, maybe you should talk to a few more veterans eh, take it somewhere else if you want to engage in a pissing contest

Johno

Conveying what frontline Nam combat vets have said who were not at Long Tan is not a pissing contest...its an equally
important part and personal perspective of the subject concerning the remembrance of all ANZACs and Aus Vietnam
combat involvement as a whole.

To put things into perspective;
Long Tan 18 killed 24 wounded
Australians killed in battle overall 414 wounded in battle 2348

The sacrifices of Long Tan have been made vivid in peoples minds which is a good thing ,but the other 400 battle dead are mostly
just treated like a statistic. Most Australians cannot name another Aus. battle outside of Long Tan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_Vietnam_War_involving_Australia


For those interested , I spoke at length this morning with a US Marine Corp. US Navy flight surgeon that plied his profession at
Da Nang base hospital 68'-69' in the heavy period. Said he had worked with some Australians and still has the slouch hat given
him by one. He spent his R&R in Aus and lived in an Australian family home during that time and is still in close contact. His time
at the controls were behind the glass of the F4 and A6.

https://yahoo7g-a.akamaihd.net/2376...84109001_5409658612001_5409625545001.mp4

Well I'm glad you did, and it would be fair to point out that NZ were in it together with Aus and US artillery.
and that A/F was directed by a NZ Captain attached to Delta Company 6RAR.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obitu...howitzers-at-nui-dat-20100928-15vox.html

http://www.vvaa.org.au/Major%20Maurice%20Stanley%20MBE.pdf

Artillery, air support and armoured vehicles all played vital rolls in supporting the ground troops.

LONG TAN- AUS,NZ and US support units

103 Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (6 x 105mm L5 pack howitzers)
105 Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (6 x 105mm L5 pack howitzers)
161 Battery, 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery (6 x 105mm L5 pack howitzers)
A Battery, 2/35th Howitzer Battalion, US Army (6 x 155mm M109 Self-propelled howitzers)
9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (8 x Bell UH-1B Iroquois)
3 Troop and 2 Troop, 1 Armoured Personnel Squadron, Australian Army (10 x M113 APC’s)
were the desperately needed infantry relief that broke through enemy lines and drove them off.
B Company, 6RAR
A Company, 6RAR
USMC, Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542) – 3 x F-4 Phantoms airstrike in support of D/C 6RAR


Huey UH-1B Iroquois 9 Squadron RAAF used for the critical ammunition resupply:

Helicopter A2-1020

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Frank Riley
Flight Lieutenant (Co-pilot) Bob Grandin
Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) ‘Blue’ Collins
Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) George Stirling

Helicopter A2-1022

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Cliff Dohle
Flight Lieutenant (Co-pilot) Bruce Lane
Corporal W.R. Harrington
Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) B.B. Hill

*Unidentified United States Medical Company (Air Ambulance) – 1 x UH-1B Huey participated in night airlift of wounded Australians
from the edge of Long Tan alongside 9 Squadron RAAF.

Never forget the greats.