Download or read book A Duty Done written by Fred Fairhead and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book describes some fifty major operations each with accompanying maps and sketches and covering all of the sixteen Battalion tours of duty in Vietnam - from 1RAR in 1965 to 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion's last operations in 1971." -- publisher's website.
Download or read book A Duty Done A Summary of Operations by the Royal Australian Regiment in the Vietnam written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WE WERE REOs written by Richard “Barney” Bigwood and Andrew Bi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARY A VIETNAM WAR RE-INFORCEMENT_--A “REO”. Author: Rick (Barney) Bigwood. Barney was a twenty two year old living on his own in Sydney in 1968. He had just been involved with the end of a relationship and was influenced by the TV coverage of the war in Vietnam. He had missed out on being “Called Up” for National Service, although some of his friends had been. and decided to volunteer for it and submitted the documentation. However with the wheels of government moving slowly he went to the enlistment office and signed up for three years. This tome follows Barney’s journey as the perpetual “REO” (reinforcement). After recruit training where he meets men who would share his disjointed service, one “Jock” Rennie never to come home alive, he is posted to the Infantry Corps. Here he learns the trade of “Death” the lot of an infanteer getting exposed to all the weapons currently being used in South Vietnam. He and his group of Infanteers travel to the Jungle Training centre at Cunungra in South West Queensland run by Major Felix Fazekas MC (Military Cross). Major Fazekas MC Earnt his Military Cross endeavouring to rescue “dasher” Wheatley VC and warrant Officer Swanton while in the ATTV. Felix was a real character of the Australian Army who earlier had been an officer in the Hungarian Army supporting the Germans in World war Two. After completing the jungle training Barney and approximately 60 Infantry were sent as “REOs” to Vietnam) Barney and his peers arrived in “Country” on the 28th of November and after acclimatization at the re enforcement unit (1 ARU) the group started to get broken up. The three battalions stationed in Vietnam in December 1968 had suffered a lot of battle casualties, malaria casualties and the issue of National Servicemen being returned to Australia as the completion of their term of enlistment approached. This loss of manpower needed to be replaced and it was here the “REOs” came into the picture. Barney and a group were posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (RAR); all went to platoons in rifle companies. Here Barney recounts how he was received by the old timers and original troops. Here he experienced the frustrations of a soldiers lot like being in mangrove swamps for a week and coming out to find portable showers set up and “hot box” meals ready, then after washing putting on new fresh uniforms being formed up and marched straight back into the swamp. His baptism of battle, was to answer the question that all soldiers ponder “How will I perform under fire?”,he found himself no different to the majority of all diggers . Scared, tense but switched on and committed to not letting your mates down. As this Battalion was due to return to Australia in February Barney’s time there was reasonably short and on the 10th of February he was on his way to another battalion with his fellow “REOs”. Barney marched into 4RAR/NZ, this battalion was a true ANZAC battalion with 2 rifle companies of New Zealand Infantry and 3 rifle Companies of Aussies. In the other companies Kiwis made up the platoons. Barney and his close mates Des Blazely , Bob Secrett and Cec Ebsworth joined the “Tracker” platoon with its three 4 four legged soldiers. Here the experience of battle was intense both when under Australian and American control. When the trackers were loaned to the Yanks to chase down NVA who had fired rockets a huge US base (Long Binh). Barney recounts the differences between the operating styles of the two countries. One African American who was following Barney through the jungle and seeing how he carried his machine gun at the ready compared to the US soldier with his over his shoulder hanging onto one of the bipod legs commented to his buddy “Dat Aussie carries his 60 like a rifle”, to which the soldier replies “don’t put no shit on dat Aussie or he will shoot your arse off” The tales of off duty times when the company is allowed 2 days leave in the “OPEN” town of Vung Tau is hair raisi
Download or read book A Duty Done written by Fred Fairhead and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book describes some fifty major operations each with accompanying maps and sketches and covering all of the sixteen Battalion tours of duty in Vietnam - from 1RAR in 1965 to 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion's last operations in 1971." -- publisher's website.
Download or read book 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam Vanguard written by Ron Boxall and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War, and Australia’s part in it, was a major military event, calling for willingness to face death and destruction on the battlefield on the part of those sent there, especially the men of our infantry battalions who formed the spearhead of our forces in Vietnam. For many reasons, the Australian public know relatively little about what our Army did in Vietnam during the war, particularly during the years of our peak commitment, 1965–72. This book attempts to make the true nature of the war clearer to readers, emphasising how hard fought it was during major operations. Twenty-seven of the contributing authors of this book were involved in the 1966 deployment of the 1st Australian Task Force into Phuoc Tuy Province. This formation was the first Australian Army force larger than an infantry battalion group to be deployed into a major war since World War II. 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR), was in the vanguard as the task force’s first element committed to operations to seize and occupy Nui Dat base and embark on establishing dominance over the enemy. The narratives presented in this book give rare insights into thoughts of the soldiers at the time and how they have come to view the Australian Government’s hurried expansion of its initial commitment to that war, the Army’s state of preparedness for that wider involvement, and how those in its forefront adapted to get the job done, both in and out of operations, despite numerous shortcomings in higher level planning. Both professional soldiers and conscripted national servicemen have contributed viewpoints to these pages.
Download or read book The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam written by Andrew Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1966 to 1971 the First Australian Task Force was part of the counterinsurgency campaign in South Vietnam. Though considered a small component of the Free World effort in the war, these troops from Australia and New Zealand were in fact the best trained and prepared for counterinsurgency warfare. However, until now, their achievements have been largely overlooked by military historians. The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam sheds new light on this campaign by examining the thousands of small-scale battles that the First Australian Task Force was engaged in. The book draws on statistical, spatial and temporal analysis, as well as primary data, to present a unique study of the tactics and achievements of the First Australian Task Force in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Further, original maps throughout the text help to illustrate how the Task Force's tactics were employed.
Download or read book Vietnam Task written by Robert O’Neill and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 24 May 1966, eight hundred men of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, landed at Nui Dat, in Viet Cong territory. For the next 12 months they were faced with the task of restoring peace, civil law and regular commerce to the Vietnamese of Phuoc Tuy province. This book is a detailed record of those months in the monsoon jungles—of the problems that were faced and the solutions that were found. Captain O’Neill’s position as battalion intelligence officer enabled him to view the war from the standpoint of the battalion as a whole. However, he does not omit description of personal feelings—towards the Viet Cong, the jungle environment and the Vietnamese people, as well as the other Allied forces involved in the war. Most of the book was written on the spot in Vietnam. On operations or at Battalion Headquarters, Captain O’Neill jotted down details of the war against the Viet Cong, putting the events of each day in order, often in the small hours of the following morning. Thus not only is this a factual account of the 5th Battalion’s activities over the year; it is also a vivid and compelling picture of the war in Vietnam from the soldier’s point of view.
Download or read book The Year of the Tigers written by M. R. Battle and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam war.
Download or read book Vietnam Task written by Robert John O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Sixth Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment written by Fred Fairhead and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume in the history of the Sixth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), covers the period 1965-1970 when the battalion served on two twelve-month tours of Vietnam. It includes a background to the battalion's deployment and detailed information on both friendly and enemy weapons, units and tactics.After formation at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, in 1965 6RAR's first tour of Vietnam commenced in June 1966 and included the landmark Battle of Long Tan. After its return to Australia in 1967 the battalion moved to Townsville, prior to the second tour which commenced in May 1969. This second tour saw 6RAR serve within the auspices of an ANZAC battalion, alongside two New Zealand infantry companies. The tour was noteworthy for the length and the success of operations and also the sad experience of mine warfare. Overall, 6RAR established a deserved reputation for battlefield proficiency during its time in Vietnam, but at the cost of 69 killed and many more wounded, some very seriously.
Download or read book Last Out written by Jerry Taylor and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the training and preparation of 4RAR/NZ Battalion for the Vietnam War. Relates the various experiences of the Australian and New Zealanders who made up the company, including a tense 14-hour standoff as the company makes first contact with the North Vietnamese. Also describes methods and objectives used during war and the techniques and skills that were required to survive as a soldier in Vietnam. Foreword by LtGen D S McIver, CMG, OBE. Includes photos, notes, glossary and index. Author had two tours of duty in Vietnam as commander of Administration Company and then D Company.
Download or read book The Fighting First written by Lex McAulay and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic story about Australian troops' largest ground action during the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of the men of the First Battalian, Royal Australian Regiment. The author served in Vietnam and has written several books on military history.
Download or read book Vietnam Task written by Robert J. O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam written by Iain McLean Williams and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the ANZAC Spirit written by Brian J. Avery and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
