Interview with Les Thompson |
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| Title : | Interview with Les Thompson |
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| Creator : | Thompson, Les, 1951- | ||
| Source : | South Australians at War Oral History Project, OH 644/3 | ||
| Date of creation : | 2002 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Linn, Rob | ||
| Format : | Oral History | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Leslie John (Les) Thompson was born in North Adelaide, South Australia. At age 17 Les joined the regular army and completed an intensive training course with the School Army of Health. In early 1971 Les was sent to Vietnam with the 17 Construction Squadron. Les speaks about his service in Vietnam; his feelings about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War; the incidence of post traumatic stress disorder experienced by Vietnam veterans; community attitudes to Vietnam veterans; and of his work as the State President of the Vietnam Veterans Federation. |
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| Related names : | Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Further reading : | Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial Vietnam, Canberra : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2002 Crowe, Ambrose. The battle after the war : the story of Australia's Vietnam veterans, St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1999 Doyle, Jeff, Jeffrey Grey, and Peter Pierce. Australia's Vietnam War, College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002 McKay, Gary. Bullets, beans and bandages : Australians at war in Vietnam, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin , 1999 McKay, Gary. Viet Nam shots : a photographic account of Australians at war, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002 Murphy, John. Harvest of fear : a history of Australia's Vietnam War, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1993 Woodruff, Mark W. Unheralded victory : who won the Vietnam War?, London : HarperCollins, 2000 |
| Internet links : | Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: Vietnam The Australian Veteran and the Vietnam Experience Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: Vietnam War 1962-1975 Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History & Battles: History Index Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Sea Power Centre - Australia: See: History: Feature Articles [several articles about the Vietnam War] Under Fire: Images from Vietnam [Piece Unique Gallery] Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria]: See: Overview: Vietnam Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia See: Education: Chronology of Events |
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