Battle of Long Tan: Viets Cancel 50 Year Anniversary Commemoratons

BYRON BOY: President of the Byron Bay RSL Sub Branch, Robert Asquith, as a troop carrier driver in Vietnam. Look closely on the radio antenna and you can see the Byron Bay flag he flew the whole time he was in Vietnam. Photo courtesy Rob Asquith
President of the Byron Bay RSL Sub Branch, Robert Asquith, as a troop carrier driver in Vietnam. Look closely on the radio antenna and you can see the Byron Bay flag he flew the whole time he was in Vietnam. Photo: Rob Asquith

THERE ARE concerns for the mental health of Long Tan veterans who have returned to the site of their famous battle, after a last-minute decision by the Vietnamese Government to cancel today’s 50th anniversary commemorations.

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