Team 19 in Vietnam: An Australian Soldier at War

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword by General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.) xiii Preface xv 1. Leaving Home for War: May 1968 1 2. The Big Picture: 1950–1968 7 3. Travel to Quang Tri and Orientation: 14–24 May 1968 15 4. Australian Army Advisors in the Province: May 1968–April 1969 29 5. Counterinsurgency in Mai Linh Sub-Sector: May–August 1968 45 6. Pacification in Mai Linh District: May–August 1968 79 7. With the Vietnamese People in Quang Tri: May 1968–April 1969 105 8. Transition from District to Province: September 1968 123 9. Sector Staff Work: The Oil and the Glue: September–December 1968 137 10. Pacification Campaigns, Strengthening the Spine: 1968 and 1969 165 11. Operation Fisher, Refugee Relocation at Gia Dang: September– December 1968 193 12. Contingency Planning for Tet 1969: January–February 1969 227 13. Sector Staff Work: The Oil and the Glue: January–April 1969 243 14. Operation Kangaroo, Cam Vu Resettlement: December 1968–April 1969 267 15. Faith at Work: May 1968–April 1969 277 16. Paris Peace Talks and Ripple Effects: May 1968–April 1969 293 17. Australian Leaders in South Vietnam: May 1968–April 1969 301 18. The Shield in a Limited War: May 1968–April 1969 317 19. Colonel Harley F. Mooney Leads the Way: August 1968–April 1969 333 20. The Omega and a New Alpha: 1970–2012 353 Epitaph 365 Acknowledgments 367 Appendix A: Some of the Characters, 1968–1969 369 Appendix B: Aircraft and Weapons 375 Appendix C: Chronology, 1968 and 1969 377 Appendix D: Abbreviations and Terms 381 Notes 385 Bibliography 395 Index 399 ...