A TRUE STORY OF ORDINARY BOYS WHO BECAME EXTRORDINARY MEN.
Late afternoon August 18, 1966 South Vietnam — 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 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese 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.
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VIDEOS
The Battle of Long Tan Documentary
Our award winning and critically acclaimed documentary The Battle of Long Tan narrated by Sam Worthington, was first broadcast on The History Channel – Australia & New Zealand on 8 August 2006.
OUR AWARDS
I must urge you to watch this amazing documentary, I was blown away!
Magnificent film, you must watch it!
This might be the greatest Vietnam documentary I've ever seen. I'm in awe of the bravery and skill of the Aussie fighting man. We could have learned some valuable things from your experiences in asymmetric warfare. I feel pride in calling Australia a great friend and ally - not only for fighting alongside us in this unpopular quagmire, but for Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the others as well.
Here is our special ANZAC Day video, ‘I Was Only 19’ by Redgum / John Schumann. This song is featured in our movie DANGER CLOSE....
Sad to hear about the passing today of Battle of Long Tan veteran Noel Grimes, 78 years young in his home town of Wellington, NSW....
The great man Lt Col Harry Smith SG MC (Retd) passed away today in Buderim, Queensland, 90 years young. On 18 August 1966, then Major...