Australian Vietnam Veteran Tributes: Stories of Conscription, First Australian Killed and MIA S2 E4
Apr 20, 2023 ·
11m 8s
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Captain John Methven is a veteran of the Vietnam War. In this audio, he talks about conscription for the war and how numbers were drawn out of a barrel and...
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Captain John Methven is a veteran of the Vietnam War. In this audio, he talks about conscription for the war and how numbers were drawn out of a barrel and matched to birth dates. He also speaks about the first Australian national serviceman who would be killed in Vietnam, and tells the story of six Australians who would go missing in action and how their remains were brought back to Australia. John has dedicated his life to fighting for the recognition of Vietnam Veterans and assisting veterans dealing with PTSD and the impacts of agent orange. John is the founder and curator of the National Vietnam Veterans Museum at Philip Island in Victoria Australia.
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