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Australian troops arrived in vietnam to fight
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National service scheme introduced.
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selective conscription for 20yr olds
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the royal australian airfore sent a flight to vung tau.
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first national service start training for people they have recruited
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The newly arrive 1st Australian Task Force established its Phuoc Tuy operations base.
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The battle of long tan started.
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anti-war protests were gathering momentum in Australia, everyone wanted to end the war.
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US and South Vietnamese troops crossed the border into Cambodia
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Australia's participation in the war as formally declared at an end.
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The only combat troops remaining in Vietnam were a platoon guarding the Australian embassy.
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communists launched a major offensive in the north of south Vietnam