- 432 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Historical accounts and memoirs of the Vietnam War often ignore the participation of nations other than Vietnam and the United States. As a result, few Americans realize that several members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), including Australia, allied with South Vietnam during the conflict. By the late 1960s, more than eight thousand Australians were deployed in the region or providing support to the forces there.
In Team 19 in Vietnam, David Millie offers an insightful account of his twelve-month tour with the renowned Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang Tri Province—a crucial tactical site along the demilitarized zone that was North Vietnam's gateway to the south. Drawing from published and unpublished military documents, his personal diary, and the letters he wrote while deployed, Millie introduces readers to the daily routines, actions, and disappointments of a field staff officer. He discusses his interactions with province senior advisor Colonel Harley F. Mooney and Major John Shalikashvili, who would later become chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. This firsthand narrative vividly demonstrates the importance of the region and the substantial number of forces engaged there.
Few Australian accounts of the Vietnam War exist, and Millie offers a rare glimpse into the year after the Tet offensive, when Presidents Johnson and Nixon both made it clear that the U.S. would withdraw its troops. This important memoir reveals that responsibility for the catastrophe inflicted on Vietnamese civilians is shared by an international community that failed to act effectively in the face of a crisis.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Map 1
- Map 2
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Leaving Home for War
- 2. The Big Picture
- 3. Travel to Quang Tri and Orientation
- 4. Australian Army Advisors in the Province
- 5. Counterinsurgency in Mai Linh Sub-Sector
- 6. Pacification in Mai Linh District
- 7. With the Vietnamese People in Quang Tri
- 8. Transition from District to Province
- 9. Sector Staff Work
- 10. Pacification Campaigns, Strengthening the Spine
- 11. Operation Fisher, Refugee Relocation at Gia Dang
- 12. Contingency Planning for Tet 1969
- 13. Sector Staff Work
- 14. Operation Kangaroo, Cam Vu Resettlement
- 15. Faith at Work
- 16. Paris Peace Talks and Ripple Effects
- 17. Australian Leaders in South Vietnam
- 18. The Shield in a Limited War
- 19. Colonel Harley F. Mooney Leads the Way
- 20. The Omega and a New Alpha
- Epitaph
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Notes
- Index