After South Korea and Thailand, Australia provided the most extensive military support to the United States in Vietnam. Their commitment of almost 60,000 personnel was dominated by the Army, which included the elite SAS, but also featured Air Force and Navy elements. Their most decorated unit of the war was the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), whose advisors worked with U.S. Special Forces between 1962 and 1972 to train ARVN and indigenous troops.
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AATTV advisor, WO Trevor J. Fitzpatrick, instructs a Vietnamese Ranger on the use of the M79 grenade launcher.
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AATTV advisor WO Walter R. Everett and SFC Thomas E. Noojin of the U.S. MACV advisory team watch Vietnamese Ranger candidates practice coming down a death slide.
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Australian AATTV advisor Lt. John Scales and MACV advisor Captain James Garvey conduct weapons training at the Vietnamese Ranger Center at Duc My.
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A machine gunner of "D" Company, 5 RAR, lies waiting for the enemy during operation Mindy.
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The point man of "D" Company , 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, uses his radioman's PRC-25 to contact the section leader during an operation north of Nui Dat.
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The executive officer of Company "D", 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, looks on whilst his radioman requests helicopter extraction.
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PVT. Bruce Larner, Company "D", 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, waves in a UH-1D helicopter.
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Members of the 5th Plt, Co ‘B’, 2nd Royal Australian Regiment, receive a briefing from the patrol leader.
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A squad leader from Co ‘B’, 2 RAR, gives a briefing to his men at their camp at Nui Dat.
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A heavily laden member of Co ‘B’, 2nd Royal Australian Regiment, crosses a ditch during a search and clear operation.
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