Unit 4 Outcome 2 Attitudes to the Vietnam War â 1965 and ... - HTAV
Unit 4 Outcome 2 Attitudes to the Vietnam War â 1965 and ... - HTAV
Unit 4 Outcome 2 Attitudes to the Vietnam War â 1965 and ... - HTAV
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12,000 helicopters used<br />
Agent orange (90 million gallons sprayed by US – <strong>to</strong> kill jungle etc)<br />
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12 months duty – exposed <strong>to</strong> danger for 10 months<br />
Always carried weapons<br />
Veterans returned at different times<br />
Came back at night – no protes<strong>to</strong>rs around<br />
Told <strong>to</strong> change out of <strong>the</strong>ir uniforms – rejected by <strong>the</strong> army,<br />
RSL, friends <strong>and</strong> had trouble adjusting <strong>to</strong> family life again<br />
Not acknowledged & <strong>and</strong> a lot went “bush”<br />
Last Australian troops were out in 1973<br />
Welcome home – in 1987 – Sydney – <strong>Vietnam</strong> Veterans had <strong>to</strong><br />
organise this <strong>the</strong>mselves<br />
Government only started <strong>to</strong> support <strong>Vietnam</strong> Veterans more recently<br />
- as<br />
suicide <strong>and</strong> divorce rate was very high for returned soldiers
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