The battle of Long Tan: unravelling the riddles - Public talk by Ashley Ekins, Head of Military History, AWM and The Long Tan Cross story - Public talk by Craig Blanch, Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology, AWM.
Australian soldiers fought in scores of fierce actions during the Vietnam War. Few were as intense or dramatic as the action in the Long Tan rubber plantation on 18 August 1966. Join the head of our Military History team and a curator with our Military Heraldry and Technology section as they discuss the valiant stand of 108 Australian soldiers which became a defining action of the Vietnam War.
