Our Vietnam War tells the story of Australia's involvement in the words of the men who were sent to fight; the battles, | dHNfbHVYZnU1Y285LUE
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00:00 Nothing prepared any of us for the conditions that we had to work and live in.
00:07 Nothing.
00:08 And we only got 50 metres in and the sky fell in.
00:12 So developed the Battle of Lawntown.
00:14 I was mesmerised by the flutter, like confetti coming down over me.
00:21 They dropped more bombs on those two cities in a 12-day period
00:25 than the Allies dropped on the entire European continent during the Second World War.
00:30 This decision really haunted him for the rest of his life.
00:34 All these people were abandoned.
00:36 I think that's why my dad hasn't slept for more than three or four hours in the last 50 years.
00:40 What did these men die for?
00:42 What did any of those die for?
00:45 Tuesday 9.30 on ABC TV or stream now on ABC iView.
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