
Long Tan and Beyond Alpha Company, 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67
Long Tan and Beyond Alpha Company, 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mollison - used book
Long Tan and Beyond Alpha Company, 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mollison - used book
This Book written by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mollison CO A Company 6 RAR
This book Long Tan and Beyond Alpha Company, 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67 is an authentic and fascinating account of young Australians involved in the Vietnam War.
The author, Charles Mollison, the proud and determine commander of Apha Company 6 RAR combines his own observations with the stories of his men to bring forward a captivating tale of soldiering and warfare. In doing so he captures the doubts and fears, the disappointments, frustrations, and more particularly the triumphs associated with the day-to-day survival of infantrymen at war. Mollison's A Company was the reaction force sent out in APCs to assist 6RAR D Company commanded by Harry Smith during Battle of Long Tan 18 August 1966.
Providing fast-moving first-hand accounts which will take you into the rainsoaked, bloody battlefield of Long Tan. Also covers other conflicts that the 6 RAR took part in during their tour of duty including the hell of Operation Bribie and into the jungle on countless ambushes, patrols and operations.
Operations Covered include;
Operation Enoggera
Operation Brisbane
Operation Hobart
Operation Vaucluse
Operation Bathurst
Operation Bundaberg
Operation Ingham
Operation Duck
Operation Bribie
Operation Portsea
Defending the Horseshoe
This lighly recommended book ends with a Honours and Awards List (A Company) Nominal Roll ( A Company 6 RAR)