Today is the fifty-first anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan and the day we remember all Vietnam War veterans; the 571 Australians who gave their lives in the service of their country, and the many thousands of soldiers who were changed forever by the events they experienced there.
Being sent to Vietnam was a lottery, literally. The Vietnam Selective Service Lottery drew birthdates from a “rolling barrel of lottery balls” to determine who would be sent to Vietnam.
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