Team 19 in Vietnam [electronic resource] : An Australian Soldier at War /
Millie, David.
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
2013.
Historical accounts and memoirs of the Vietnam War often ignore the participation of nations other than Vietnam and the United States. As a result, few Americans realize that several members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), including Australia, allied with South Vietnam during the conflict. By the late 1960s, more than eight thousand Australians were deployed in the region or providing support to the forces there.In Team 19 in Vietnam, David Millie offers an insightful account of his twelve-month tour with the renowned Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang
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Historical accounts and memoirs of the Vietnam War often ignore the participation of nations other than Vietnam and the United States. As a result, few Americans realize that several members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), including Australia, allied with South Vietnam during the conflict. By the late 1960s, more than eight thousand Australians were deployed in the region or providing support to the forces there.In Team 19 in Vietnam, David Millie offers an insightful account of his twelve-month tour with the renowned Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Leaving home for war, May 1968 -- The big picture, 1950-1968 -- Travel to and orientation in Quang Tri, 14-24 May 1968 -- Australian Army advisors in the province, May 1968-April 1969 -- Counterinsurgency in Mai Linh sub-sector, May-August 1968 -- Pacification in Mai Linh district, May-August 1968 -- With the Vietnamese people in Quang Tri, May 1968-April 1969 -- Transition from district to province, September 1968 -- Sector staff work : the oil and the glue, September-December 1968 -- Pacification campaigns, strengthening the spine, 1968-1969 -- Operation Fisher, refugee relocation at Gia Dang, September-December 1968 -- Contingency planning for Tet 1969, January-February 1969 -- Sector staff work : the oil and the glue, January-April 1969 -- Operation Kangaroo, Cam Vu resettlement, December 1968-April 1969 -- Faith at work, May 1968-April 1969 -- Paris Peace Talks and ripple effects, May 1968-April 1969 -- Australian leaders in South Vietnam, May 1968-April 1969 -- The shield in a limited war, May 1968-April 1969 -- Colonel Harley F. Mooney leads the way, August 1968-April 1969 -- The omega and a new alpha, 1970-2012.
Description based on print version record.
Millie, David.
Australia. Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975