Austrlia in Vietnam

On the 3rd of August 1962, 29 Australian soldiers were flown to Saigon from Singapore. This marked the beginning of Australia’s in involvement in the Vietnam War. Australian’s served for ten and a half years in Vietnam, which was the longest war effort ever served by Australians. At it’s height Australian presence numbered 8,600 people. In all 50,000 Australian personnel served in the Vietnam War, of these 520 died and 2,400 were wounded. This war was the cause …

…involvement in the Vietnam War many Australian’s found it hard to understand the reasons we had to enter the war. On the other hand thought the government used scare tactics to make the public want to send their children or themselves to Vietnam. Whichever way you look at it there are strong points to both sides of this debate and it is up to you to make the decision of which side you support.