ON saturday 18/9/2018 52 years since the battle of long tan
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- LEST WE FORGET
ON saturday 18/9/2018 52 years since the battle of long tan
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- LEST WE FORGET
Yesterday Aug 15, was the anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945.
So, 18th August or 18th September?
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam units and elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) shortly after its lodgement in Phước Tuy. 1 ATF began arriving between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat which was located astride a major communist transit and resupply route and was close to a VC base area. After two months it had moved beyond the initial requirements of establishing itself and securing its immediate approaches, beginning operations to open the province. Meanwhile, in response to the threat posed by 1 ATF, a force of between 1,500 and 2,500 men from the VC 275th Regiment, possibly reinforced by at least one PAVN battalion and the D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion, was ordered to move against Nui Dat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan
One more mistake; Long Tan is not in north-east Thailand/Isaan. Just saying, like.
Romantically championing the quest for empire...
Terribly disconnected.
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