RAR IN VIETNAM
“IN MANY WAYS AUSTRALIA’S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE WAS A REFLECTIVE MICROCOSM OF THE USA’S”
“THE ARRIVAL OF THE TASK FORCE INEVITABLY EXPOSED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO HEAVY COMBAT, AND THE RAR IN PARTICULAR FOUGHT INTENSE BATTLES”
For the United States, the Vietnam War was a humiliating disaster that broke its military aura of invincibility and cost many lives. It is often assumed that the USA fought alone to support South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces, but
