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This section
page has been created from the old 'Order' page and
at this stage this page will list in
the first instance, Books and
Magazines that cover the Vietnam War. Next will be added
books that
deal with the ANZACS in other Wars and conflicts. The
page will also list books of interest about other conflicts.
added.
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VIETNAM
ERA BOOKS - AUSTRALIAN
PUBLICATIONS
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CONSCRIPTS and REGULARS
With the Seventh Battalion in Vietnam.
Written by Major General Mike O'Brien
Published in 1995 by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd: Story of 7 Battalion's two Tours of Vietnam,
1967 to 1968 and 1970 to 1971.
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A Copy of the
book is in the White House Library after Tony
Blake gave a copy to President Clinton in Sydney
during the President's visit to Australia in 1997.
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SEVEN IN SEVENTY
A Pictorial Record of Seventh Battalion
The Royal Australian Regiment's Tour of Vietnam 1970-71
Written & Published by 7 Battalion 1971.
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Here
is it after a very long wait.
7RAR's third book of it Two Tours of Vietnam.
It is sub-titled "Through A Soldier's Lens".
I
am pleased to say that the editors thought some of my
images of our Tour good enough to publish in the Book.
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Here
is a book written by a fellow PIG, Barry Heard. He is
fact served with the Battalion during its FirstTour
1967-68 its called:-
"WELL DONE THOSE MEN".
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Here is a
book with a difference written by Brian W McFarlane a Member
of the Royal Australian Regiment for many years. The book
is a true Australian Adventure Story. The book has its own webb-site,
address below and the book's title:- "WE BAND OF BROTHERS"
http://webandofbrothers.tripod.com |
"80 people contributed over 20,000 images and I produced
a 200-page full colour coffee table book which contained almost 600 of
them".
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STEVE LEWIS:- "I was a ninth intake Nasho and
arrived in Vietnam on October 4 1968. I was a clerk in HQ Battery, 12
Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery. " " I've always liked Spike Milligan's comment (that
he attributed to Hitler) ... "They also serve who only type in
triplicate". " My medal was posted to me and some wanker in a pub told me I hadn't
earned the right to wear an RSL badge so I threw it away and got on with my
life."
"Then one day I stumbled across some slides from my tour".
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"The only thing I did wrong was forget the Navy, so using the same formula
I have just completed "Voyages to Vietnam" which has a few more pages,
about 100 more photos and will be launched in Brisbane on May 30 by the Chief
of the Navy, Admiral Ritchie.
The first book sells for $59.95 plus $10.00
postage and handling, anywhere in Australia. The second book will sell for
$69.95 plus $10.00 postage and handling. Both books ordered together will be
$119.90 plus $10.00 postage and handling.
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"BEHIND
ENEMY LINES" An
Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam
by TERRY O'FARREL
There are many
books today on the market about the activities of the SAS in
many parts of the world, however their Tours carried out in
Vietnam are still an untold part of the Australian Regiment's
History.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest
in the Regiment to read first hand of the incredable skill
of its Diggers who met and defeated the Viet Cong in its own
backyard. Terry's account of his two tours as a SAS Trooper
is at times nail biting stuff but told with an easy off hand
manner that makes light of the true courage of these indeed
"Special Air Soldiers".
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"JUNGLE
TRACKS" Australian
Armour in Vietnam
by GARY McKAY M.C. & GRAEME NICHOLAS
While my experience
with Armour is limited to the few mentions on my pages in this
web site; I was
filled with admiration at the dedication of the "tankies"
who faced terrible injuries from the mines and RPGs employed
by our enemies. This is not a story to miss if you want to
know about real heroics by ordinary soldiers on a day to day
basis while supporting the Grunts.
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"COMBAT
BATTALION" The
Eighth Battalion in Vietnam
by ROBERT A HALL
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"FIRST
TO FIGHT"
Australian
Diggers, NZ Kiwis and US Paratroopers of the 173rd Brigade
by BOB BREEN
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"A JUNGLE
CIRCUS" Memories
of Vietnam by MIKE TOWERS
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"CROSSFIRE"
an Australian Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam"
by PETER HARAN & ROBERT KEARNEY
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"FLASHBACK"
Echoes from a Hard War
by PETER HARAN & ROBERT KEARNEY
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"DELTA FOUR" Australian Riflemen in Vietnam
by GARY
McKAY M.C.
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"IN GOOD COMPANY"
one mans war in Vietnam
by GARY McKAY M.C.
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"The
BATTLE Of CORAL"
Fire
Support Bases Coral and Balmoral
by LEX McAULAY
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"SLEEPING
WITH YOUR EARS OPEN"
On Patrol
with the Australian SAS
by LEX McAULAY
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"VIEW FROM A LOW BOUGH"
by BARRIE
CROWLEY
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"THE SHARP END" the trauma of a war in
Vietnam
by BRIAN HENNESSY
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"ON
THE OFFENSIVE"
The
Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1967-1968
by IAN McNEILL AND ASHLEY EKINS
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SOME
U.S.A.
PUBLICATIONS
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"WE
WERE SOLDIERS ONCE... AND YOUNG"
La
Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by LT, GENERAL H.G.MOORE (Ret.) &
JOSEPH l. GALLOWAY
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"BLACK
HAWK DOWN"
Now
a Major Motion Picture
by MARK BOWDEN
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"IN
The
COMPANY OF HEROES"
The
Gripping True Story of the Black Hawk Pilot.
by MICHAEL J. DURRANT
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"ABOUT
FACE"
by COLONEL DAVID H. HACKWORTH
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WORLD
WAR ONE BOOKS
AUSTRALIAN
PUBLICATIONS
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"Guide
to AUSTRALIAN BATTLEFIELDS of the WESTERN FRONT 1916
- 1918"
A must
read of the incredable ANZACS in World War One
by Dr JOHN LAFFIN
Dr Laffin's family have kindly
concented to allow me to use extracts from this book
to enable me to list individual ANZACS on each page.
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"HARD
JACKA"
The
story of a Gallipoli Legend. Captain Albert Jacka VC.
MC and Bar
At
last a real look at one of the ANZAC legends by Michael
Lawriwsky
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'THE' AUSTRALIAN VIETNAM
WAR SONG
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I WAS ONLY
NINETEEN
Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing
out parade at Puckapunyal, It was long march from cadets. The sixth
battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card. We did
Canungra, Shoalwater before we left.
And Townsville lined the footpath as
we marched down to the quay. This clipping from the paper shows us young and
strong and clean. And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and
greens. God help me, I was only nineteen.
From Vung Tau, riding Chinooks, to
the dust at Nui Dat, I'd been in and out of choppers now for months. But
we made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers, and an Asian orange
sunset through the scrub.
And can you tell me, doctor, why I
still can't get to sleep? And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking
M16? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it
means? God help me, I was only nineteen.
A four week operation, when each step
can mean your last one on two legs, it was a war within yourself. But you
wouldn't let your mates down 'till they had you dusted off, so you closed
your eyes and thought about something else.
Then someone yelled out "Contact"',
and the bloke behind me swore. We hooked in there for hours, then a God
almighty roar. Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the
moon. God help me, he was going home in June.
1 can still see Frankie, drinking
tinnies in the Grand Hotel On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung
Tau. And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle. 'Till
the morphine came and killed the bloody row
And the Anzac legends didn't mention
mud and blood and tears. And stories that my father told me never seemed
quite real I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel. God
help me, I was only nineteen.
And can you tell me, doctor, why I
still can't get to sleep? And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my
feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it
means? God help me, I was only nineteen. The song was written in the 70's, by a John Schumann and performed by him in the band called "Redgum".
It became a national hit and especially among Vietnam Veterans almost immediately.
It is still performed today whenever Veterans get together for a concert.
Just a few things that may help you understand the lyrics better.
Puckapunyal was a recruit-training centre and Canungra is a Jungle Warfare training centre.
Shoalwater was a place that the Army used for Military exercises.
The SLR was the personal weapon mostly used in Vietnam.
Vung Tau & Nui Dat were Aussie bases in Vietnam.
V.B. is Victorian Bitter a very popular Aussie beer.
Anzac is the acronym for the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps.
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