I Was Only 19 LIVE B52 x 2 Flyover Long Tan 50th Anniversary

[@davidwilliamson4937]

I’m an American Vietnam Veteran..I was only 19 Also…327th Infantry 101st Airborne…Hooah to my Aussie Brothers. SALUTE…

[@Chris-vq5vr]

Australians salute you my friend .

[@Ranganation]

Thank you for your service brother, from one young Aussie across the ocean.

[@deerslayer4204]

God bless, thank you for your service

[@burney7418]

Thank you for your service

[@frankryan2505]

If you were to walk a few hundred metres up the road you will find the Australian War memorial.. A museum about our conflicts..proudly funded by Northrop Grumman,Thales an Boeing

[@andrewlaco1776]

Thank you Ozzies and Kiwis for being our greatest and closest allies.

[@manningjackson2723]

Probably the best song ever recorded by an Australian band 🇦🇺👍🇦🇺

[@rusko123]

ACDC?

[@mickboyce386]

Probably not. But right up there with them. Every Aussie should know it like an anthem.

[@rusko123]

God bless my Aussie brothers and sisters. 1 flag , 1 Commonwealth.x

[@sequoiah_tree5510]

Thank you ozzies and kiwis from America. We will not forget.

[@timalder8940]

You can ALWAYS trust the Aussies and Kiwis to have your back!

[@Brianhugetool.]

Bush hats look so amazingly smart , god bless Australia, men who fight like lions .

[@InkedAussie1]

Hey mate, the hats worn here by the Australian Army aren’t bush hats. They are slouch hats or as their official name goes khaki fur felt (KFF). You’re issued two one of which is worn with your every day uniform and another for ceremonial dress. Bush hats are camouflaged and worn on field exercises and deployment. I hope that helps! 👍🏻

[@timalder8940]

As a pom, I can say that the ceremony was done bloody well! Thank you for you service and suffering.

[@stephenflanagan8518]

Thank you who survived. May your mates R.I.P

[@jg2072]

This song still makes me cry. As a father of young men I think of them at 19 year olds if they went to war.

[@KINGHERBALGAMING]

Thank you to all Aussies who fight to make Australia a better place for we are one but we are many

[@Brandon-bh7pj]

Beautiful song and well performed. Beautiful tribute. Lest we forget.

[@1mmickk]

The AMERICANS sent two B52 from GUAM and delivered to the second, Americans, you cant not love them.

[@poizunman75]

Aussies are bros, mate.

[@sgtbrown4273]

We are all brothers in freedom. Army 20 years 11Bravo

[@stevenb.8554]

We are all comrades with the Leninists NOW!

[@Boatperson]

And it was awesome to see the old girls flying…….right on queue🇦🇺👍🏽🇺🇸

[@1skyofrog]

I went to war @ 19. This is powerful. B Co. 3/75

[@glynrichards7863]

Imagine being the guy who writes a song about a mate in Vietnam and has to sing it for years afterwards...

[@glenn9229]

if you knew that guy.....he would see as the highest gift of his career

[@lloydberger9471]

you are all legends thx for your service and sacrifice.

[@dallaslane1355]

Chilling but still significant, A fitting tribute to all that have and still serve

[@pip12111]

Thank you Australia,and New Zealand for your service

[@blinkybill4062]

A Pity that ALL politicians give F***k all about our veterans!!!!

[@SovietSpud85]

They don't give a damn about anyone but themselves and their bank accounts

[@peta8219]

What? You're angry that politicians care about war veterans?

[@SovietSpud85]

@@peta8219 are you dumb?

[@indietyv2228]

@@peta8219 I read it weird too, but it's "give f**k all about", ergo that they don't care at all

[@troyclayton9981]

Exactly true , our government has a lot to answer for, they don't care about the men and women who serve and have served for our country

[@Mikedadof2]

Thank you for ur service

[@VulcanDriver1]

This song brings back so many memories. Still makes me cry. What a waste of lives.

[@fenrisulfur842]

I´m no Aussie, but I Salute

[@paulbasford6361]

I can't believe the ABC censored this song shame on you ABC

[@1995BTM]

That flyover was amazing 😢

[@ahw002]

Love this song

[@amady4]

ANZAC are Heroes.....Danger close

[@iainlindsay5687]

God bless you all.

[@jaredbesant7236]

at lest we forget we will remember

[@XPL1010]

Si vis pacem, para bellum!

[@stuarthickson6103]

From a left wing / social justice band this song has endured and touched people all across the world. I have an original vinyl 45 ...

[@darrellray8763]

Believing in justice, trying to make things better, not liking the way Veterans have been treated, and believing war harms people is not being left wing or if it is it says bad things about the right wing.

[@stevenmckean138]

If this doesn't make you feel proud to be an Australian nothing will.

[@1mmickk]

Note GG Cosgrove MC hear the B52, deaf as he is, couldnt miss that sound.

[@1mmickk]

@@dynevor6327 I know about Coral and Balmoral, I dont understand what you are saying Dig.

[@1mmickk]

@@dynevor6327 Ok I get you now. Bloody typos and sadly theres no one who is qualified to check such things. Ive contacted DVA about several errors in service records, these things happen. With regards to Cosgroves MC,. I do not think that was warranted. I feel he thinks the same as he glosses over it in his Biography and doesnt want to add any more to the story. All he really says about it was that Junior Officers were not supposed to fight. I think it was given as a result of the respect held for his Father. For what its worth, thanks for serving.

[@Ottosparty17]

The Australians March like Americans, not stopping on corners. I also didn’t know Australians and Kiwis fought in Vietnam.

[@Paddymayne4738]

unreal mate. Suggest you read up on Anzac and Australian Military History. Yes, both Have always scrapped way above our weight and did it with pride in every conflict since the Boar War right up to the Middle East and shall continue to do so. God bless the ADF and Australia. PS. We often pick on our Kiwi mates, however, we love them all, particularly the Māori, great mates to have at your back.

[@georgewashington3393]

Us yanks love you diggers 🇦🇺 🦘🍻🦅🇺🇸

[@sg51psd04]

This AU would be ashamed of todays AU

[@dudcats]

What are they yelling in the beginning? I can't understand it, unfortunately.

[@1mmickk]

I think what is hard to understand is his way of saying "catafalque party" but its common in the Australian Army for Officers to shout gibberish kinda a tradition. Left is Eft Right is Ight and so on.

[@michaelclayton1827]

Lest we forget

[@JSR80]

In case no one else realises; this is an anti war song

[@glenn9229]

it's not really anti-war......it's pro soldier, sailor and airman. Its about understanding and supporting those who serve and continue to serve. And it's for veterans to understand they are not alone

[@stevenb.8554]

Frankie can not have hit a mine the day mankind kicked the moon, because he was going home in June. The moon landing was in July??? Anyhoo, I l'm just here to give the other version ....And don't get me wrong. This song cuts me deep. I bought it as a 7" when I was young & know it verbatim. I just wanted to give you this, Vietnamese, truth... And someone yelled out "what's that?" And the bright white flash was long. Next I was running down the road & all my skin had gone. And can you tell me Ho Chi, what it means to be free? God help me, I was only 13.

[@1mmickk]

I have thought his Tour was extended so instead of going home in June he was still there in July.

[@mediapartners9950]

I Was a only 19 has to be one of the most evocative and emotional songs ever written, brings tears to the eyes. ANZAC’s have always been bloody hard knocks and some of the toughest squaddies I ever served with. 🫡

[@nathanroberts355]

My uncle Ray ward served with Australian 5th royal Australian regiment in the Vietnam war called battle of binh ba in the Vietnam war

[@maddog12971]

The Aussies held off more enemies than the entire group of soldiers the Aussies had. Respect. The yanks were the ones who bloody started the war cause of money.

[@tantawan6]

Fair go mate! most of the Yanks didn't want to be there either, I used to party with them in B.K. and they were just kids that shouldn't have been there, like us they had conscription.

[@maddog12971]

@@tantawan6 yeh, you are right . politicians did start that shitfight.

[@dr.wallacebreen3859]

The North Vietnamese were the ones who started the war because they wanted to take over South Vietnam, and the South Vietnamese opposed the communist north as requested help to stop the North supported by the Soviets.

[@maddog12971]

@@dr.wallacebreen3859 mate, all I can speak of is wot I saw . 386 sqn, 2002, Afghan offensive. some blokes never came back to the lunch table......that was NOT our war, yet once again politics dragged us into it. look at the shit corp. ROBERTS is going through, in court, for just doin as he was told ! fair dinkum mate .

[@zambonibob2026]

My great uncle was drafted, didnt want to be there, saw two of his best friends die in front of him, got wounded, and came home. Sometimes at family reunions he still just stares off into space, and it hurts to see a man so ruined without choice. Believe me friend, many Americans didnt want to fight that war either.