(Source: Department of Veterans' Affairs - Australian Government) Forty years ago today, Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War ended with then Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, proclaiming the cessation of hostilities after more than a decade of fighting. Minister for Veterans' Affairs Warren Snowdon urged all Australians to take time to remember the more than 60,000 men and women who served in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. "We especially remember the sacrifice of more than 500 Australians who died in Vietnam and the more than 3,000 who were wounded and many more who continued to suffer the...
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