Quote Originally Posted by Galician View Post
True that Australia was involved in Viet Nam, but no where near the degree as the U.S., where the draft was presumed to mean being shipped there...and very often was. I'm not even sure if they had a draft in effect there.
Respectfully: tell that to the Aussie (and Kiwi) squaddies who fought (and in some cases, died) in Vietnam, mate. Yes, they may not have been as involved to the degree as the US, but remember the ANZACs had just come out of jungle warfare experience in the Mayalan Emergency of 1948-60 and then the Borneo Campaign of the mid 60s against Sukarno and the Indonesians. If anyone knew anything about jungle warfare, it was the ANZACs.

You might also want to pick up Gary Mackay's memoir as an Aussie officer in Vietnam, "In Good Company" to learn more about the contributions the Aussies made in Vietnam.

Regards,

Todd