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Today is the 60th anniversary of the first troop deployment of Melbourne soldiers into Vietnam – marking Australia’s entry into a fraught and unpopular war.
Air Force Association Victoria President and Vietnam pilot Max McGregor says the crowds turning up to the Shrine of Remembrance in their thousands are a “great support to the veterans”, many of whom received a cold welcome back to Australia.
Mr McGregor said the reception of fellow war veterans was similarly frosty.
“The reaction of some was that it wasn’t a real war, because we were doing 12 months service rather than for the duration,” he said.
“That’s gone into the past, now it’s accepted.”
Credit SKY NEWS
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