Battle of Long Tan (Vietnam)

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Battle of Long Tan (Vietnam)

Postby Webb » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:48 am

A friend on another forum sent this to me. Thanks Australia.

Wikipedia

The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, possibly reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion, and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion ...


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