[BITList] Long Tan, Vietnam (READ)

[John Feltham]

G'day Folks


 
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:48 PM
> Subject: Long Tan, Vietnam (READ)
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> THIS IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT [PAST & PRESENT ] MAKE ME  WISH WE COULD JUST MAKE ALL OF THEM DISAPPEAR & WE COULD START AGAIN WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT AUSTRALIANS & AUSTRALIA
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>   This is your Australia Today
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> Whoever wrote this was really pissed off ... but
> it's a point well made.
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> On the 18th of August 1966 at Long Tan , Vietnam ,
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> D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment,
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> mainly made up of Australian National Servicemen
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> and at that time located to support the American Army,
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> fought a battle against the Viet Cong.
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> In this action D Company lost 18 men killed and 24 injured.
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> The Viet Cong dead numbered in excess of 245.
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> The Australian lines were never crossed.
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> The Viet Cong withdrew.
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> American President Johnson and US Army Staff recognised the achievement
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> by awarding the Unit Citation of Gallantry on 30th May 1968.
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> The Award was formally accepted by Queen Elizabeth in 13th June 1968.
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> Prime Minister John Gorton made the formal presentation
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> of this American Citation to the Battalion
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> at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville on 18th August 1968.
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> On the 31st of March 2010,
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> D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
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> were belatedly awarded the Australian version of
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> "Unit Citation for Gallantry" (UCG)
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> honouring their extraordinary deeds at Long Tan.
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> The Government however refused to approve travel payment
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> for the surviving Unit Members or their families,
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> including the families of deceased Unit Members,
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> UCG Presentation Ceremony
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> presided over by the Governor General of Australia .
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> In February 2011 the same Government of Australia
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> footed the Funeral Bill to bury the illegal boat people,
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> who tragically perished on Christmas Island .
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> This included flying surviving family illegals and survivors
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> to and from Sydney and Xmas Island ,
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> accommodating them, etc etc,
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> plus a Coach tour of Sydney thrown in.
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> The Canberra Politburo had waited 45 years
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> to publicly acknowledge the bravery and sacrifice
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> of these Sons of Australia
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> and then immediately shit on their memory
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> by wetting themselves to appease the feelings of boat illegals forcing entry into our country.
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> Now we witness what can only be described as attempted political face saving,
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> by this same Government, sponsoring a TV Documentary,
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> to celebrate our Armed Forces accomplishments at Kapyong , Korea in 1951.
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> This will see our Prime Minister and the entire Priministerial Entourage
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> fly in a RAAF plane to Korea to mark this 60th Anniversary.
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> What Bloody Hypocrisy!!!
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> What a Blatant Affront to the feelings
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> of our Nation's serving Armed Forces,
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> Past and Present.
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> Shame, Shame, Shame,
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> You Political Parasites.
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> You do not deserve to represent our country.
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