Going Back (25 page)

40
Interview with Fred Pfitzner, Vung Tau, SRV, 8 October 2005

41
A military demarcation line on the 17th Parallel split Viet Nam as a result of the Geneva Accords, which came into effect at midnight on 22 July 1954.

42
Interview with Fred Pfitzner, 11 October 2005

43
Interview with Wendy Greenhalgh, Vung Tau, SRV, 8 October 2005

Chapter 6 Long Tan: The Cross

1
Elizabeth Stewart, ‘Return to Vietnam', Paper, University of Newcastle, 2005

2
Interview with Steve Campling, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 12 August 2002

3
Interview with Bob Hansford, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 12 August 2002

4
Interview with Gail Campling, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 12 August 2002

5
Letter, Gail Campling, 24 December 2005

6
Interview with Paul Greenhalgh, Canberra, ACT, 20 February 2005

7
For Buick's account of the battle, see Bob Buick and Gary McKay,
All Guts and No Glory—The Story of a Long Tan Warrior
, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2000.

8
Interview with Paul Greenhalgh, 20 February 2005

9
Interview with Ron Shambrook, Brisbane, Qld, 14 July 2005

10
Interview with Ted and Joy Heffernan, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

11
Interview with John Taske, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

12
Ibid

13
Ibid

14
Interview with Ben Morris, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

15
Interview with Fred Pfitzner, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

16
Ibid

17
Interview with Ron Shambrook, 14 July 2005

18
Ibid

19
Interview with Peter Rogers, Yaroomba, Qld, 12 December 2005

20
Interview with Ron Shambrook, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

21
Interview with Roger and Tina Wainwright, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

22
Interview with Tony, Doffy and Rupert White, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 9 October 2005

23
Interview with Peter Isaacs, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

24
Ba Ria–Vung Tau Guidebook
, 2005, and letter from Garry Adams, 23 November 2006

25
Interview with Bill Kromwyk, Mt Gravatt, Qld, 27 February 2006

26
Excerpt from
Wartime
, Issue 35, July 2006, p. 16

Chapter 7 The gamut of emotions

1
Interview with Garry Adams, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

2
Interview with Ron Shambrook, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

3
Interview with Garry Adams, 12 October 2005

4
Ibid

5
Letter, Steve Campling, 24 December 2005

6
Interview with Ted and Joy Heffernan, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

7
Ibid

8
Interview with Ron Shambrook, 12 October 2005

9
Interview with Ben Morris, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

10
Ibid

11
Interview with Peter Isaacs, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

12
Interview with John Taske, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

13
Interview with Tony, Doffy and Rupert White, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 9 October 2005

14
Interview with Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

15
There are 24 Viet Nam servicemen buried in the Australian section of the War Cemetery at Terendak in Western Malaysia, and one (Warrant Officer Class 2 Conway) interred at Kranji Military Cemetery in Singapore.

16
Interview with Ben Morris, 12 October 2005

17
Ibid

18
Interview with Roger and Tina Wainwright, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

19
Ibid

20
Ibid

21
Interview with the White family, 9 October 2005

22
Letter, Bob Hann, 25 July 2006

23
Ibid

24
Letter, Garry Heskett, 19 June 2006

25
Interview with Peter Isaacs, 11 October 2005

26
Ibid

27
Ibid

28
Ibid

29
Letter, Peter Isaacs, 18 November 2005

30
Interview with Bill Kromwyk, Mt Gravatt, Qld, 27 February 2006

31
Ibid

32
Interview with John Taske, 11 October 2005

33
Ibid

34
Interview with Ron Shambrook, 12 October 2005

35
Letter, Ian Ryan, 2 May 2006

36
Ibid

37
Interview with Garry Adams, 12 October 2005

38
Ibid

39
Letter, Gail Campling, 24 December 2005

40
Interview with Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh, 12 October 2005

41
Interview with Garry Adams, 12 October 2005

42
Letter, Derrill De Heer, 17 May 2006

43
Ibid

44
Interview with Robyn Nolan, Coolum Beach, Qld, 3 May 2006

45
Ibid

46
Ibid

47
Ibid

48
Ibid

49
Ibid

50
Ibid

51
Ibid

52
Ibid

53
The War Atrocities Museum, as it was called when the report was written, is now known as the War Remnants Museum. It is located in the former US Ambassador's residence in Ho Chi Minh City and contains graphic displays showing images after the My Lai massacre, summary executions and many dead Vietnamese, as well as glass jars containing grotesque, seriously malformed unborn foetuses, claiming Agent Orange to be the cause. Regardless, there are no reports or images of Viet Cong or NVA atrocities, such as the massacre in Hué during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

54
Interview with Robyn Nolan, 3 May 2006

55
Ibid

56
Ibid

57
Ibid

58
Ibid

59
Ibid

60
The VVCS is now known as the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service and caters for all veterans of all conflicts.

61
Interview with Robyn Nolan, 3 May 2006

Chapter 8 Reflections

1
Interview with Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

2
Ibid

3
Interview with Ted and Joy Heffernan, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

4
Ibid

5
Ibid

6
The Hippocratic Oath traditionally taken by physicians pertains to the ethical practice of medicine. It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in the 4th century B.C.E., or by one of his students.

7
Interview with Ted and Joy Heffernan, 11 October 2005

8
Ibid

9
Interview with Peter Isaacs, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

10
Ibid

11
Interview with Ben Morris, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

12
Ibid

13
Interview with Fred Pfitzner, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

14
Ibid

15
Interview with Ron Shambrook, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

16
Interview with John Taske, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

17
Ibid

18
Interview with Roger and Tina Wainwright, Hoi An, SRV, 11 October 2005

19
Ibid

20
Interview with Tony, Doffy and Rupert White, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 9 October 2005

21
Ibid

22
Ibid

23
Interview with Ted and Joy Heffernan, 11 October 2005

24
Ibid

25
Interview with Roger and Tina Wainwright, 11 October 2005

26
Ibid

27
Interview with Tina Taske, Ho Chi Minh City, SRV, 9 October 2005

28
Ibid

29
Ibid

30
Ibid

31
Interview with Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh, 12 October 2005

32
Ibid

33
Interview with the White family, 9 October 2005

34
Interview with Doffy White, Vung Tau, SRV, 8 October 2005

35
Interview with the White family, 9 October 2005

36
Ibid

37
Ibid

38
Ibid

39
Ibid

40
Ibid

41
Letter, Kelly McKay, 7 December 2006

Epilogue

1
Interview with Garry Adams, Hoi An, SRV, 12 October 2005

2
Elizabeth Stewart, ‘Return to Vietnam', Paper, University of Newcastle, 2005

3
I was present on this visit to Nui Dat on 17 August 1996.

4
I introduced Jim Richmond to Mr Sinh, a Long Tan veteran, on 17 August 1996.

5
Elizabeth Stewart, ‘Return to Vietnam'

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