1st Australian Task Force
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The 1st Australian Task Force was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantatio
An Australian soldier in South Vietnam
Battle of Coral–Balmoral
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The Battle of Coral–Balmoral was a series of actions fought during the Vietnam War between the 1st Australian Task Force and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam 7th Division and Viet Cong Ma
1st Australian Task Force
…Significant battles conducted by the Task Force were Battle of Long Tan in 1966, Battle of Suoi Chau Pha in 1967, and Operation Coburg and the Battle of Coral–Balmoral in 1968. Other significant actions included Battle of Hat Dich in late-December 1968 and early 1969, Battle of Binh Ba in June 1969, and Battle of Long…
South Vietnamese civilians sort through the ruins of their homes in Cholon, the heavily damaged Chinese section of Saigon following the Tet Offensive.
PAVN troops during the war
A US Army CH-47 Chinook at FSB Coral, 12 May 1968
A Canberra bomber from No. 2 Squadron RAAF operating over South Vietnam