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Community & Business
23 August, 2023
Vietnam vets pause to reflect and remember
Vietnam veterans and guests commemorated the 50th anniversary of Australia’s official withdrawal from the Vietnam War at the Oakey R.S.L. last Friday.
ABOVE: R.S.L. Western Districts Vice President John Warren, Oakey R.S.L. President Chris Markham and Oakey R.S.L. Life Vice-President Trevor Steinmuller.
Oakey RSL Sub-Branch President and “Nasho” Chris Markham said it was a poignant time for him and others who had served in the conflict.
“It brings back a lot of memories of mates,” he said.
“We did the job we were sent to do by our Government.”
Mr Markham said the experiences of many Vietnam veterans had not always been happy ones.
“I was pelted with fruit and vegetables by mothers at the airport in Brisbane.
“They were taking their anger out on the wrong people - we weren’t the ones who had sent their sons off.”
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