In early 1969, the 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines pushed into the A Shau Valley to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines tied to the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Fighting through rain, mud, ...
James Smither spent nearly two decades piecing together what actually occured during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord.
The longest and deadliest battle for Australian troops in the Vietnam War has finally been memorialised with a statue to the Battle of Coral–Balmoral erected in Gundagai.