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Vietnam War Vets We Do Remember You
A war Australia should never gave been involved in.
Sending many of our men to fight in a war that led to 500 of our men being killed.
Even after they came home they suffered either with mental illness or sickness like cancer from the powder that was dropped from planes that was known as Agent Orange.
It took many years for those Vets to receive the honour they deserved from our government and the help they needed.
The Vietnam War from 1962 to 1975 was one of the longest conflicts in the 20th century. Some 60,000 Australian defence personnel served in Vietnam over 10 years of the war. Our initial commitment of 30 military advisers in 1962 grew to include a battalion in 1965 and a task force in 1966. Australia's last combat troops came home in March 1972, about 3 years before the war ended. Some Australians returned to Vietnam in 1975 to help with evacuations and humanitarian work during the war's final days. More than 500 Australians died in the war. Over 3,000 Australians were evacuated with wounds, injuries or illness.
To those who served we do remember and honour you
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