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the star of the war
US begins to funnel aid directly to the Saigon Government and agrees to train the South Vietnamese army. -
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THE WAR
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Australia joins the war
The first members of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrive in South Vietnam. -
the first passing of a pigger
Advisor, Sergeant William Hacking becomes the first Australian to die in Vietnam when his weapon accidentally discharges after being caught in vegetation. -
star of the battle of Nui Dat
5 RAR deploys by helicopter from 1ATF concentration area at Vung Tau to secure the Task Force area at Nui Dat. Private Errol Noack becomes the first national serviceman and member of 1ATF to die from enemy action. -
the battal of long tan
The Battle of Long Tan D Company, 6 RAR, strength of 108 men, battles North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) forces estimated at between 1500 and 2500 until relieved by A Company, carried in by armoured personnel carriers of 3 Troop, 1 APC Squadron. The enemy leaves 245 bodies on the battlefield while 17 Australian infantrymen and one APC crewman are killed. The Company earns the US Presidential Citation. -
last us trups leav
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The Aussies leave Vietnam
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war ended