100 men held off 2,500 on 18 August 1966 at the Battle of Long Tan. D Company 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment encountered 2,500 NVA Regulars preparing to assault the newly lodged 1 Australian Task Force, a Brigade Group at the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, Phuc Tuy Province.
D 6RAR caught the enemy on a flank as they were forming up for the assault in a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tan. In the hours that followed the Australians fought of successive waves of NVA furious at being discovered and fanatical in their response.
1st Australian Task Force equipped all its Artillery and with 155mm artillery under command more than 3,500 rounds were fired in support. Small arms ammunition was almost gone until two RAAF Hueys pilots disobeyed orders and made a suicidal flight to resupply D 6RAR. As last light fell APCs from A and C Co. crashed into the enemies flank countering a four wave enemy assault, with .30 and .50 Brownings blazing. God Bless Diggers!
2007-09-13 19:19:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I often wonder why we don't make our war stories into movies for our kids to see and acknowledge the diggers for their brave deeds.
This story is definitely worth telling and being bloody proud of so I do hope it is part of the school curriculum.
I have a friend whose husband was a tunnel rat and he is not going to tell of his experiences so it up to us as Aussies to do it for him.
So Thank-you and Lest We Forget.
2007-09-13 19:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by molly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds as if these boys knew how to fight, I certainly commend them as I was in Nam during the tet offensive and it was pure hell, the N,V,A, were every where , and if they had known how to shoot and fight as the Americans did we would have been completely destroyed, so thanks to our boys who knew how to shoot and fight since child hood, I doubt if we could do the same today as our children are being taught to be wossies from birth instead of stand up men, they are taught to be afraid of guns etc which is our only protection, in
a war, our people forget America was a nation to be respected if not feared, and peace only comes when others are afraid to attack you, I can see where the women are stronger and braver than our men, and they are not even ashamed, god help us as we sure can 't help ourselves,
2007-09-13 19:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got that right mate! Go the Aussies, we can only hope the next generation turn out half as resillient mate, cheers.
2007-09-13 19:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by quob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good on our diggers and all...
...but what is your question?
2007-09-13 20:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gotta have more explosions! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋