On 18 August, memorial services were held across the country to commemorate 58 years since the Battle of Long Tan and Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. RSL WA Chief Executive Officer Stephen Barton, representing the State President Duncan Anderson, GAICD, attended the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Kings Park. The memorial service recognised the service and sacrifice of Australian personnel in one of our longest wars. Whatever the divisions at home, Australian servicemen and women did as their country asked them to do, serving with courage, endurance and humility. C.E.W Bean ended his Official History of the First World War with a reflection on the First AIF, "What these men did nothing can alter now... It rises, as it will always rise, above the mists of ages, a monument to great-hearted men; and for their nation a possession forever." The same can be said of the Australian men and women who served in Vietnam. The legacy of our Vietnam veterans is also found in RSL WA Sub-Branches across Western Australia, providing fellowship, camaraderie and advocacy for decades. It is also timely to reflect that not all Vietnam veterans felt welcomed by the RSL on their return home. RSL WA reaffirms that we stand for and welcome all veterans and their families, no matter the length or nature of their service.
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