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The NEXT MEETING is to be held on Saturday 6th December.The venue is the Redlands RSL Veterans Community Centre.The meeting is kicking off at 11a.m. We will be running a BBQ on the day.

We had a wonderful response and attendance to our October meeting and thank one and all for your support. We welcome and hope to see all interested to our next meeting.

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Long Tan Day (Vietnam Veterans Day)

Monday, 18 August 2008

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The Vietnam War represents the longest operational commitment of Australian forces. Between mid 1962 and 1973, when the last Australian troops were withdrawn from South Vietnam (defence attaches and an embassy guard), about 60 000 Australian servicemen and women had taken part in the war directly or in logistic support roles. 520 Australian service personnel (along with seven civilians) died in the war. Over 3 000 others were evacuated with wounds, injuries or illnesses. Others have died since from war-related injuries or illnesses, the physical and emotional strain of war service having proved, for some, too much. Many others still bear the physical and mental scars of the war.

Long Tan Day (Vietnam Veterans' Day), commemorated on 18th August each year, is an opportunity to honour those Australians who served during the Vietnam War and remember those who did not come home.

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