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All Day Long the Noise of Battle by Gerard Windsor (3-Jul-1905) Paperback Paperback

by Gerard Windsor (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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During the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in February 1968 an Australian infantry company assaulted a North Vietnamese bunker complex. In the longest sustained attack fought by Australians during the Vietnam War the soldiers went forward again and again over three days. Yet the battle passed without any notice in Australia at the time, and the men who fought it were further insulted by higher command’s apparent failure to acknowledge what they had done. Above all decorations for their bravery seemed pitifully meagre. What happened? Why did these men fall through the net of our historical memory?In answering these questions Gerard Windsor brings up into relief so many of the individual soldiers who went into this battle. All Day Long the Noise of Battle is a book about the strengths and problems of this group of men, their alliances and tensions, their relaxations and misbehaviour, their morale, their internal tensions, their reactions to combat, their stand-out characters and their leaders. And throughout, All Day Long the Noise of Battle becomes an essay on the nature of men’s memory of battle.
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    Pier 9 (murdoch Books Pty) (2011)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B013J9LGWE
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Peter Schwartz
4.0 out of 5 stars Got a job to do. Do it
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013
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This is about an Australian patrol in Vietnam that stubbled into a major engagement. This book is about Australian soldiers at war so if you are interested in understanding the mindset and culture of Australia's army, this will give you a good grounder. Basically, while the battle was extremely tough, they had a job to do and they did it.
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stanley gatrick
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2017
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A good read
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Dennis Storer
4.0 out of 5 stars As close as it gets to the real thing from a diggers view
Reviewed in Australia on October 14, 2014
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Gday The battle is very well researched and as the author points out it was investigated a long time ago i knew one of the vets involved and in our conversations he confirms it is quite close to his version the book goes into a lot of stuff that an ordinary digger has no control over and confirms our view that at the time of the Vietnam War medals were never going to to the or,s as the officers were to busy looking after themselves
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