Battle of Long Tan, Aug 18 1966, South Vietnam.
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The guys that made this are slowly making progress on the movie.
I used to watch these guys come back to the Battalion for Long Tan and Anzac days. Normal blokes, but living legends.
I used to watch these guys come back to the Battalion for Long Tan and Anzac days. Normal blokes, but living legends.
I've been to Long Tan, it is as flat as a shit carters hat. I went with a couple of mates from 6RAR and we were blown away with how little cover there was. The Kiwi FOs and the Australian, American and Kiwis guns back at Nui Dat saved the day, without a doubt.
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Going to Nui Dat and doing some hiking/camping in the AO is on my bucket list.
Amazing. I'd seen interviews and wot not before which gave a broad picture but that was great on detail. I'm just wondering if the makers of the doco could do the same with Firebase Coral.
Lex McAuley had written a book about it.
Lex McAuley had written a book about it.
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Coral Balmoral went for just shy of 4 weeks though, so a lot harder to wrap up in 110 minutes.
True, though the book concentrated on the three main events & compacted it makes sense as I read it. It would be a bit similar to compressing Lone Survivor from print to film.
The battle was already a legend by the time I got there. Hand Salute, D Coy, 6th RAR. Nice to see the Communists have permitted the RAR memorial to exist unmolested.
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