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	Battle of Long Tan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This battle is frequently taught in Australian officer training, as it is an excellent case study of well-trained and disciplined soldiers; the importance of combining infantry, artillery, armour and aviation; coordination between units and the importance of firepower.
		Australian field intelligence had tracked a radio transmitter moving south for several weeks but were unsure about what unit it belonged to.
		Australian commanders have been accused of being foolhardy sending lightly armed and small units into an area where an entire regiment was known to be heading.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan (2137 words)

	a&nz
		The Australian government agreed that the battalion should be under the operational control of General Westmoreland and that it should be used for the defense of base areas, for patrolling in the vicinity of base areas, and as a mobile reserve.
		While Australian officials, both military and civilian, were aware of the task force's need for a third battalion, they did not wish at that time to add fuel to the fires of the critics of Australia's Vietnam policy.
		The 3d Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, with combat support and logistic elements closed in Vietnam in December 1967 and was attached to the 1st Australian Task Force in the III Corps Tactical Zone.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~marshalle/austinvol/a&nz.htm (7036 words)

	Fire Support Bases "Coral" and "Balmoral", Vietnam [Australian War Memorial]
		During the "Mini-Tet" offensive mounted by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in May 1968, the 1st Australian Task Force deployed two battalions to an area twenty kilometres north of Bien Hoa city to intercept and disrupt the approach of enemy forces towards the capital, Saigon, or the Bien Hoa-Long Binh base complex.
		Nine Australians were killed and 28 wounded, while the attackers lost more than the 52 bodies they left behind.
		The attack was repelled after four hours of fighting, with the Australians having suffered five men killed and nineteen wounded.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/coral/index.htm (557 words)

	Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Despite the efforts of the 1st Australian Task Force there is still a degree of support for revolutionary forces in the hamlet.
		Australian forces are often deployed on search operations in the area.
		Elements of the 517th Main Force Regiment are in Thui Dac conducting political education / indoctrination sessions and establishing rice and arms dumps in preparation for a fresh offensive against Australian Forces in the area.
	www.brigademodels.co.uk /MWS/ShowGames/Vietnam (222 words)

	2ND FIELD FORCE VIETNAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		II Field Force, Vietnam, arrived in the Republic of Vietnam March 15, 1966, and at its height became one of the largest corps-level commands in the history of the US Army.
		II Field Force traces its lineage to the XXII U.S. Army Corps, formed in 1944 in the European campaign, Inactivated at the end of World War II, it was reactivated at Fort Hood, Texas, with the coming of the Vietnam confict and renamed II Field Force.
		II Field Force units were responsible for the decisive defeat of enemy forces in Military Region 3 during the 1968 Tet offensive, which threatened particularly the Siagon area.
	www.homestead.com /remembervietnam/2fieldforce.html (161 words)

	Brief History of the Australian Forces in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Task Force was given it's own tactical area of responsibi- lity in Phuoc Tuy Province, south-east of Saigon and the Task Force head- quarters was established in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat just north of the provincial capital Baria, about 35 miles south-west of Saigon.
		Number 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, an Iroquois helicopter squadron, was deployed in June 1966, primarily to support the activities of the Australian Task Force.
		However, in mid-1967 a unit was formed and despatched to Vietnam as part of the Task Force with the pri- mary aim of assisting the people of the province.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /aussie1.htm (5042 words)

	Cloth insignia worn in Vietnam
		This Australian Australian Army Assistance Group badge was designed by Major T R Phillips DA and QMG 1972.
		The AAAG was formed to administer the Australian Army units that remained in Vietnam after the departure of the Australian Task Force.
		White shield shaped badge with embroidered fl border, in the centre of which is red embroidered St George on a horse slaying a dragon all edged with fl embroidery.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/cloth_insignia-rvn.htm (919 words)

	Bob Buick's Vietnam Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One Australian author, a soldier with D Company and present at the battle believed this communist twisted defeat into victory and published a book stating that the company was ambushed.
		Allied forces withdrew, South Viet Nam's army was downsized, the North Vietnamese Army had moved to Cambodia and Laos and again invaded the south in 1975 defeating the South in April that year.
		This map indicates the area occupied by the Australian at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base and about 5 to 6 kilometres to the East, the 5th VC Division consisting of 275 Regt, D440 Battalion, D445 Battalion and an unknown North Vietnamese battalion.
	www.bobbuick.com /viet_nam (4837 words)

	ANZAC scenario Balmoral and Coral (26th - 28th May 1968) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On the 10th of May 1968, Second Field Force Vietnam (IIFFV), requested that 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) be deployed into Area of Operations (AO) Surfers (see map).
		Australian deployment was typically two platoons up front, with one in depth per company.
		Hopefully, it may germinate a seed of objective historical study, by the true qualified, of the generally unknown Australian involvements and tactical doctrines in combat operations or operational deployments from 1870 through to 2000, for the specific student and general reader.
	www.gruntonline.com /Wargaming/Scenarios/scen08.htm (1513 words)

	1733863 Sapper James Kenneth Rose, Royal Australian Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Australian Task Force (1 ATF), and the reconstruction of Route 44.
		Despite these difficult working conditions and the fact that the Australian sappers were not familiar with the M4T6, no injuries occurred during the construction of the bridge.
		Since the normal tour of duty in Vietnam for Australian soldiers was 12 months, it may be assumed that he returned home early due to a wound or sickness.
	members.aol.com /reubique/1733863.htm (1437 words)

	Vietnam - The Battle of Long Tan
		The newly arrived 1st Australian Task Force established its Phuoc Tuy operations base in 1966 at Nui Dat, a piece of high ground surrounded by rubber plantations.
		Their plan was to lure the Australians from their base by firing recoilless rifle and mortar shells into it.
		Prior to this event, the Australians had become aware, from radio intercepts and sightings, that a large enemy force was operating close to the base.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/vietnam/longtan.html (633 words)

	Vietnam War - New Zealand Forces in Asia - New Zealand at War - NZHstory.net.nz - NZHistory.net.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		American plans to introduce ground combat forces (as opposed to the combat advisers previously deployed) were not favoured in Wellington, New Zealand again diverging from the more 'robust' approach taken by Australia.
		During 1966 it was brought up to six-gun strength and, in June, passed to the operational control of 1st Australian Task Force, which was established at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province.
		With the withdrawal of 1st Australian Task Force in December 1971, New Zealand's combat involvement in Vietnam was brought to an end by the withdrawal of V Company and the services medical team.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/se-asia/vietnam.html (3411 words)

	Nui Dat; HQ of 1ATF
		Headquarters Company, 1ATF had as it's emblem a red kangaroo on a yellow shield bordered by green, and was affectionately known by the soldiers as the "Red Rat".
		It was the Task Force’s Recce (reconnaissance) platoon and carried out “long range” patrols at times to gather such information during its normal operations.
		Defence and Employment platoon, 1st Australian Task Force, was the longest continually serving Infantry platoon in South Vietnam, being continually reinforced through the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, and was only removed from the Order of Battle when the 1st Australian Task Force withdrew from Nui Dat to Vung Tau in late 1971.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/vietnam/nui_dat.htm (620 words)

	Chapter IV: Australia and New Zealand
		30 July, just shortly after their arrival, the troops of the Australian battalion were not permitted by the Australian chief of staff to participate in an operation with the 173d Airborne Brigade.
		General Westmoreland tentatively decided that the Australian task force would be based at Ba Ria, the capital of Phuoc Tuy Province, and placed under the control of the II Field Force
		US support included base camp construction and cost of transportation within Vietnam for supplies of Australian Force, Vietnam, arriving by commercial means; billeting and messing facilities, but not family quarters for dependents (payment of meals and billeting service charges were paid for by the individual in the Saigon area);
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/allied/ch04.htm (7284 words)

	Vietnam War > Events > Australian Troops Depart For Vietnam
		The Australian forcescenter around the 1st Australian Task Force (ATF), headquartered in theNui Dat Rubber plantation in Phuoc Tuy Province, southeast of Saigon.
		TheAustralian forces are later supplemented with troops from New Zealand.
		Inthe course of war, 47,424 Australian troops serve in Vietnam, 494 of whomare killed and 2,368 of whom are wounded.
	www.multied.com /vietnam/australian.html (73 words)

	Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation to the Eighth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
		The citation, as follows, was conferred by General Cao Van Vien, Chief of the Joint General Staff, Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam on 24 October 1970, and officially presented to the 8th Battalion by Lieutenant General Do Cao Tri, Commander of II Corps and Military Region 3 on 29th October 1970.
		But with modern tactics and a determined spirit, the forces of the 8th Battalion, 1st Australian Task Force conducted continuous operations against the area and destroyed the enemy's secret zone, causing great casualties to the communists and forcing them from the area, thus bringing peace to the Vietnamese people living there.
		Together with their military effort, the members of the 8th Battalion, 1st Australian Task Force participated in the civic action programme to assist the local population to reconstruct their houses, roads, bridges, markets and schools etc., and achieved excellent results.
	www.vvaa.org.au /8rar.htm (430 words)

	soc.history.war.vietnam FAQ: Australian Order of Battle
		ARMY AUSTRALIAN FORCE VIETNAM (AFV) Headquarters Australian Army Force Vietnam Headquarters Army Assistance Group Vietnam Australian Embassy Guard Platoon Defence and Employment Platoon Field Operations Research Section Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam Cash Office Australian Civil Affairs Unit Postal Unit The function of Headquarters was the administrative command of all Australian forces in Vietnam.
		Upon the establishment of the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat on 1 April 1966, 1 ALSG was raised at Vung Tau.
		AUSTRALIAN ENTERTAINMENT GROUPS Australian entertainers volunteered for service in Vietnam with specific entertainment groups which were formed and financed separately.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/vietnam/australia/order-of-battle (1495 words)

	Overview of MP in Vietnam Conflict
		The first Australian Military Police to enter South Vietnam was a section of the 1st Division Provost Company (1 DIV PRO COY), arriving in Saigon, South Vietnam, on 12 May 1965.
		1ATF (1st Australian Task Force) was the combat element of the Australian Army in South Vietnam and comprised a Brigade size force of Infantry, Artillery, Armour, Signals, Transport and other support units typical of a "fighting brigade".
		The PW did not spend long at the 1ATF PW compound and was processed quickly through to other agencies both American and Australian for more thorough interrogation and intelligence gathering.
	home.iprimus.com.au /buckomp/mpvnmoverview.html (936 words)

	advn015
		Peter Tebb, Machine Gunner, DandE platoon, Head Quarter Company, 1st Australian Task Force, Nui Dat, age 20 years, died June 12, 1971, Long Khanh Province of multiple blast wounds when VC ambushed the Armoured Personnel Carrier he was sitting on.
		He died of his wounds in 1 Australian Field Hospital after the APC in which he was travelling struck a mine on April 20 1970.
		Michael Towler, Rifleman, DandE platoon, Head Quarter Company, 1st Australian Task Force, Nui Dat, age 21 years, died June 12, 1971, Long Khanh Province of multiple blast wounds when VC ambushed the Armoured Personnel Carrier he was sitting on.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~marshalle/advn/advn015.htm (1002 words)

	Main Section Pages
		Australian Task Force (1ATF) settled into sustained operations in 1967/68, the availability of fighting equipment in battleworthy condition became a matter of concern.
		In Australia the main Opposition Party was against the war and had a policy to disengage and withdraw the Australian Forces; this had significant support in the Australian community.
		The key to resolving this difficulty was the fact that young Australian men were, on the whole, self-disciplined and embued with a heightened sense of mateship and fair go.
	www.106fdwksp.com /main/links.php?link=unit (2774 words)

	Delta Division Page 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Emphasized during the Delta fighting was the need for a mobile strike force capable of navigating the Mekong waterways.
		In June the solution came with the formation of the Mobile Riverine Force, composed of two 2d Brigade battalions and Naval Task Force 117.
		The focus of action shifted north to Phuoc Tuy Province on July 10, as the 1st Brigade teamed with the 1st Australian Task Force and two battalions of Vietnamese Marines to begin Operation PADDINGTON.
	www.oldreliable.org /octofoil/delta/p25.html (277 words)

	Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Australian and New Zealand forces operating in Phuoc Tuy Province between 1966 and 1972 added a new chapter to the legend of the ANZAC warrior.
		For the soldiers of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) this domination was, in the main, achieved by a patrolling regime unequalled anywhere else in Vietnam.
		During the 10 years of Australia's involvement in Vietnam many unfortunately harsh lessons were learned as the diggers grappled with one of the most resourceful enemy groups ever fielded.
	platoon.wargamer.com /articles/platoon_strategy.html (506 words)

	Fire Support & Patrol Base Coral & Balmoral
		This position was temporarily overrun by the NVA on the night of the 12/13 May 1968 and the gun was seriously damaged by a satchel charge and the gun was withdrawn for repair.
		The identity of the Australian soldiers is unknown.
		During the "Mini-Tet" offensive mounted by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in May 1968, the 1st Australian Task Force deployed two battalions to an area twenty kilometers north of Bien Hoa city to intercept and disrupt the approach of enemy forces towards the capital, Saigon, or the Bien Hoa-Long Binh base complex.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/coral.htm (995 words)

	FIRST MISSIONby Tom Hays Medic A. Co. 4th Bat. 12th Inf. 199th LIB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Light Infantry Brigade was being op-coned (attached) in support of the 1st Australian Task Force.
		We were going to be the blocking force for the Australians as they swept the Viet Cong and/or NVA in our direction.
		The Australian unit had made contact with a large force of NVA in the area.
	members.aol.com /thays46945/fms.htm (3016 words)

	THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN - a Vietnam wargaming scenario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		August 1966, the base camp of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui Dat, came under enemy mortar fire.
		August, D Company/6RAR (Royal Australian Regt) were patrolling through the rubber plantation, to the north of Long Tan village, when they came under heavy enemy fire.
		If any Australian base should roll all 1’s when firing, that stand is deemed to have run out of ammunition.
	www.gruntonline.com /Wargaming/Scenarios/scen10.htm (1162 words)

	II FIELD FORCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Upon arrival in Vietnam, II Field Force had operational control of five major units; the 1st and 25th infantry divisions, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 12th Combat Aviation Group and the 23rd Artillery Group.
		Currently operating under II Field Force operational control are such diverse units as the 25th Infantry Division, the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Australian Task Force, the Royal Thai Black Panther Regiment and the Capitol Military Assistance Command (CMAC).
		Also with II Field Force are the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division.
	www.skytroopers.org /ii_field_force.htm (226 words)

	History
		The 9th Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) was raised in Adelaide, South Australia, on 13 November 1967 by it’s Commanding Officer (CO), Lt Col A.L. (Alby) Morrison, MBE.
		The reason for raising 9RAR come from the decision in 1967 to increase the number of battalions in the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in Vietnam to three battalions.
		pacification tasks - in conjunction with local authorities and South Vietnamese forces - to train local forces to protect the civilian population and to isolate the enemy from the population.
	www.9rarqld.org /history.htm (959 words)

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