I lived in Vietnam for a few years and met a few diggers who had retired there.one awesome man I met while living in con tho named sandy originally from Townsville was a gentleman to talk with and he was lost by what Australia had become.he had seen a few tours of duty and is married to a Vietnamese lady now and had one little fella called Charlie 🍻 total respect for our veterans from all wars

Thank you for your service gents.

My Dad passed 2017, aged 82. Dad was in A Company 6RAR at Long Tan. On behalf of my Dad, RIP Major Stanley, duty done Sir.

This makes me cry evertime very powerful stuff

We all come back or no one does

Ia drang was to the us army's 1st cav is what long tan was to anzac 6 rar

Good movie. One i like along with we were soldiers. Far more accurate than last full measure

My stepdad was a PJ who had three battle stars on his Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, was in a bar in Vietnam when it was announced that Pararescue had been awarded their maroon beret. An Australian SAS sergeant friend gave Dad his beret which Dad wore throughout his service in The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Sadly the beret was lost but I have the emblem from it. Dad passed away August 6th ‘24 after a long battle with multiple cancers, thanks to Agent Orange. He had a great deal of respect for the Australian military.

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The aussies had recently been in borneo fighting alongside British After the indonesian confrontation was finished They were deployed to vietnam

great song, shit war

2:00 sia lebouf

Hard hitting film. The bit with the solider going through his personal life towards the end, the one who didn’t like the major. His death hit me hard.

Lest We Forget ❤️‍🔥

We'll always have the Yanks backs

2:54 I can feel the pain in Music 🎶 😔

These documentaries we are privileged to have such access to are great. But reading the comments from vets are even better. I think our ability to hear stories and appreciate men we normally wouldnt have any idea about because of these films is underrated. We can learn alot by watching these. But we can learn even more scrolling through the comments. Its saves history that normally would disappear as men move on. As long as youtube is around these comments depicting stories from men that were in the thick of it will remain accessible. I appreciate it all.

Tasmanian legend

Brilliant movie.

We may all have chewed different mud, but all of us suffered the same in our own unique way. Cheers boys, from a 101st Vet to the Lads Down Under. Keep your powder dry, bros.

I heard from my DIs at BootCamp how hardcore the Australian Infantry was.

Australia has been a far more important ally of America than Israel has ever been.

I respect Anzacs but never understand why they fight for somebody elses wars

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Thank you, all of you

Was still 17 when I entered the SADF

My dad fought ww2 North Africa He said Aussies & Kiwis were the best fighters He said the Scots loved to fight I see choppers stirring up agent orange

God bless the diggers for their unwavering commitment to back their allies and get sh!t done always appreciated by the troops at their side dependable hard and professional as are the NZ troops god bless you all I salute you all from an ex infantry soldier ( British 🇬🇧). Born in Perth WA 😎🇦🇺

Not a bad doco AWM... About a minute in, lm near pos the bloke about to get choppered from the Sydney is Baz Delsar, me mates old man... Anyone know?

It makes you proud to be Australian my family have served for many generations from way before ww1 with the British and then Australian forces ive heard American men say it was them that one ww2 because they had the most heavy equipment but Australian troops where the first to drive back the Japanese then Rommel's troops so yes im a proud Australian

I'm stucked for words. Bravery like I've never known.

Someone said close to the heart that says it all . To all the Australians that fought in that war and all wars well done we shall remember them all. Do not feel ashamed it's war they were sent there. You done us proud Amen.

I simply dont know what to say. war is hell . but i heard ,new zealand artillery was "very" accurate and AU ??

I was only 19 when I had my first deployment. Iraq in 2005. Over the next nine years I watched seven of my mates die, and seen plenty more of the other side bite it. I don't relate much to the old boys of Vietnam, we had a different war to them. Afghanistan and Iraq won't ever compare to the jungles of Vietnam. In some ways, we're the same. We'll all wake up from time to time and reach for our rifles, sometimes we'll wake up and in that brief space between sleep and wakefulness, we'll be back in that fucking hole, covered in blood and dirt. In other ways, we're nothing alike. The old boys knew who they were fighting. It was far from a 'conventional' war, but you'd know who was out to getcha. In the middle east, any fucker with a phone could be about to sign your death warrant. 3RAR Charlie Coy, 2005-2019. God help me, I was only 19.

good job diggers

I served in the Australian Army from the 1980s till the 1990s. Many of our sergeants, Wo2s, Majors and Lt Cols, were Vietnam vets. They in my view weren't viewed as heroes, but their experience and knowledge were always looked at as valuable. They didn't consider themselves as heroes either. But their knowledge of jungle warfare and basic soldiering will stay with me forever. These guys never even mentioned Vietnam unless pressured. But when we went out on exercise you could see them transform themselves back there. When I joined the Army, Vietnam had finished for us Aussies in 1972. I joined in 1985, So, many of my instructors and Senior NCOs and Officers were Vietnam vets. In fact, one corporal in the Holsworthy area was a Korean veteran, still serving in 1987! I owe a lot to these guys. I won't forget them.

I know this was over a decade ago and no one will likely see this comment, but having watched this a couple times before, I am now able to tell the somewhat subtle displeasure or even sarcasm from Major Smith about certain things that occurred during this operation.

Incredible man.

Went to the memorial in '23. Respect, let no one say you were on the wrong side. I do respect all of you!!!

You can't loose if your CO is Ragnar Lodbrok himself.

Good on you mates....

good

One of the best war docos I have watched, shamelessly shedding tears as I type, to the fallen R I P.

Typical Australian top brass thinking. Lets organise an armoured brigade. With no guidelines. And expect the lower ranks to come up with something out of the box. Given sub standard equipment and no radios. And if anything went wrong. Blame it on the ranks. It continues to this day in 2024. At the cost of men’s lives.

Took Aussie Government 45 years to acknowledge them, sounds like the Irish government and the irish soldiers in Jadotville... WHY?

There's a movie about this. "Danger Close".🇭🇲

Respect!

Absolute legend. RIP.

Just kids 😢RIP

I love how this film highlights the power of artillery.