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The Vietnam War was Australia’s longest involvement in a major overseas conflict, and it’s the most controversial. It was the firs time national servicemen were sent to fight for their country. It was a war that eventually caused great divisions in the nation. A brief history of veitnam The roots of Australia’s involvement in Vietnam lie in the earlier Vietnam conflict of the 1950’s. The French ruled Indochina for about a century …

…Sydney and the ex-servicemen and women marched from the Domain to Hyde Park. Those who had fallen were represented by family members that carried flags with their names on them. The ones to follow were the units in order of their service and seniority, some were being pushed in wheelchairs by their mates, and some wheeled themselves to show that they hadn’t been broken by the war, but many wept as they march along.