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Attacks on FSB Coral and Balmoral

Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral were established by 1ATF north of Bien Hoa City to intercept and disrupt the approach of enemy forces towards Saigon and the large United States air base at Bien Hoa.

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Attacks on FSB Coral and Balmoral

Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral were established by 1ATF north of Bien Hoa City to intercept and disrupt the approach of enemy forces towards Saigon and the large United States air base at Bien Hoa.

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Down by the water

The dry season still had a few months to go before the first monsoonal rains of the wet season. We were still enjoying our time in country. The feeling of being at the centre of pivotal world events was exciting and we were still healthy from our year in Malaysia.

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The longest night

It was the dry season - long, hot cloudless days and cool nights. Though we didn't know it at the time in a few months when we would be wet almost all the time and our foul uniforms would be rotting on our backs and everybody's crutch would be a mass of itchy, pungent Tinea cruris.

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Morphine syrettes and dustoffs

I served in SVN with W3 Coy (6 & 2RAR ANZAC BN). Our tour of duty was from November 1969 to November 1970.

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Morphine syrettes and dustoffs

I served in SVN with W3 Coy (6 & 2RAR ANZAC BN). Our tour of duty was from November 1969 to November 1970.

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Good morning, Vietnam - Dr Denver Calder

He was 52 when he landed here, perhaps on a Bristol Freighter beating north from Saigon over land which shimmered in the tropical heat.

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Good morning, Vietnam - Dr Denver Calder

He was 52 when he landed here, perhaps on a Bristol Freighter beating north from Saigon over land which shimmered in the tropical heat.

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