‘Thank you Aussies’: Vietnam War veterans recall difficult past on eve of 50 years since Oz ended involvement

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More than 60,000 Australians served in the Vietnam War between 1962 and 1973 — but sadly 523 of them did not make it home. The Aussies were part of an allied force led by the US, with the mission to fight alongside South Vietnamese Government troops against Vietnamese communists in the north known as the Viet Cong. Camera Icon Australians were part of an allied force led by the US. Credit: Lawrence Appelbee / Supplied PerthNow Digital Edition . Your local paper, whenever you want it. Read now The Commonwealth Government is marking the 50th anniversary of the end of...