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It is easy to forget Australia also fought in Vietnam. God Bless Australia.

We Americans have much in common with the Australians...and that is a good thing, in my opinion. THANK GOD FOR THE AUSSIES!

The unofficial anthem of Australia's Vietnam veterans:

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from Cadets
The 6th battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left

And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
The clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens
God help me, I was only nineteen.

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
But we made our tents a home, VB, and pinups on the lockers
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub

And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep
And night-time's just a jungle dark and a barking M-16
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means
God help me, I was only nineteen.

A four week operation, when each step can mean the last one
On two legs - it was a war within yourself
But you wouldn't let your mates down till they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes and thought about something else

Then someone yelled out "Contact!" and the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours, then a god-almighty roar
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
God help him. He was going home in June.

I can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a 36 hour rec leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle
Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row

And the ANZAC legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
God help me, I was only nineteen.

And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means
God help me, I was only nineteen.

"It is easy to forget Australia also fought in Vietnam. God Bless Australia."

The Aussies always send Aussome forces!! Here's a toast to the Aussies!