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Aug 18, 1966:
Australians defeat VC at Long Tan
The First Australian Task Force (ATF) inflicts a major defeat on
Viet Cong forces in Phuoc Tuy Province. Australia had first sent
troops to Vietnam in 1962 and eventually expanded its commitment
in response to President Lyndon Johnson's call for "Free World
Military Forces" to form an alliance of "Many Flags" in South
Vietnam. By 1966, the First Australian Task Force included two
infantry battalions and associated logistical support elements;
it had also been joined by a New Zealand unit made up of two
infantry companies and a Special Air Service troops. In the
Battle of Long Tan, the ATF acquitted itself very well,
inflicting a major defeat on the communist forces, killing 245
while sustaining 17 dead.
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