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Did you see that the Commander of the Army guys at Coral/ Balmoral died just after the ceremony on the weekend He was 92 and was watching the awarding of the Citation. He apparently closed his eyes and and crossed over. Sad but poignant.
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...portrayed by our very own Aussie star Travis Frammel, will shortly be returning to a screen near you, this time as Maj. Harry Smith in the movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan due for release 8th Aug...
South Vietnam, late afternoon on August 18, 1966 - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Main Force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault each man begins to search for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage. The Battle of Long Tan is one of the most savage and decisive engagements in ANZAC history, earning both the United States and South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry along with many individual awards. But not before 18 Australians and more than 245 Vietnamese are killed.
—Martin Walsh
Currently filming around Kingaroy and Nerang in Qld., producers are seeking young Aussie ex-Afghanistan/ Iraq Vets to act as extras...
...portrayed by our very own Aussie star Travis Frammel, will shortly be returning to a screen near you, this time as Maj. Harry Smith in the movie Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan due for release 8th Aug...
South Vietnam, late afternoon on August 18, 1966 - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Main Force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault each man begins to search for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage. The Battle of Long Tan is one of the most savage and decisive engagements in ANZAC history, earning both the United States and South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry along with many individual awards. But not before 18 Australians and more than 245 Vietnamese are killed.
—Martin Walsh
Currently filming around Kingaroy and Nerang in Qld., producers are seeking young Aussie ex-Afghanistan/ Iraq Vets to act as extras...
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We went to see "Danger Close" today. It would appear to be a well made movie on the Battle of Long Tan (I would have to differ to any more precise comment to anyone who was there). We used to have a gentleman living four houses up from us who was one of those sent in the next day to clear the site and it has affected his life since then (apparently well placed artillery shells tend to make a fairly substantial mess of things).
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Stroppy Chippie wrote:
We went to see "Danger Close" today. It would appear to be a well made movie on the Battle of Long Tan (I would have to differ to any more precise comment to anyone who was there). We used to have a gentleman living four houses up from us who was one of those sent in the next day to clear the site and it has affected his life since then (apparently well placed artillery shells tend to make a fairly substantial mess of things).
Haven't seen the movie yet, but I did notice that many, if not most, of the 'Aussie' soldiers in the trailers/ video clips were using the (inferior?)Yank M16 5.56mm Assault Rifles...
...only a few had Aust. Army issued FN/ SLR 7.62 mm/.308" L1A1...WTF...?
From the movie, lucky boy... < ...he must have got in early, at least he got an SLR...!
From the movie...
Maybe they explain why in the movie..?
From the movie... Real Aussies disembarking HMAS Sydney, Vung Tau... with SLRs...
Corporal Jeff Taylor, 1st Australian Logistic Support Company, from WA, listens to Private First Class Tom Hughes, .................................................................... ...173rd US Airborne Brigade, from Michigan, USA, explaining the operation of the US M16 Armalite rifle, 1965. .........................................................................................................[Australian War Memorial DNE/65/0072/VN]
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Actually, there is mention in the movie of the choice of M16 over the FN, especially the lack of stopping power of the 5.56 round over the 7.62 of the FN. When they show the aerial resupply of ammunition, they also show everyone reloading magazines after the drop. I have little doubt that the directors ensured that the movie mirrored what occurred and, in the movie they also refer to ensuring that those with the M16 got the M16 bullets and those with the FNs got the FN bullets. I wonder if todays soldier is resupplied (in the field) with packed magazines rather than "bulk bullets"?
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ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Are there any of these Vietnam classics you haven't watched..?
for our many 
with the announcement that 
due for release 8th Aug... 
Here a couple of short pre-production stunt 
and special effects clips 
...only a few had Aust. Army issued FN/ SLR 7.62 mm/.308" L1A1... 
WTF...? 
< ...he must have got in early, at least he got an SLR...! 
From the movie...
from WA, listens to Private First Class Tom Hughes, 