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Letter to the Editor
Title : Letter to the Editor Letter to the Editor
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Creator : Medlin, Brian, 1927-2004
Source : Campaign for Peace in Vietnam (S.A.), SRG 124/8
Date of creation : 1967
Format : Letter
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Letter written by Brian Medlin, Chairman of the Campaign for Peace in Vietnam, to the Editor of The Advertiser about Australian and American involvement in the Vietnam War. The letter is dated 28 December 1967.


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Coverage year : 1967
Further reading :

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

Pederson, Geoff. Two years too long : a "Nasho" in Vietnam, Norwood, S. Aust. : Peacock Publications, 2004

Saunders, Malcolm. 'Opposition to the Vietnam War in South Australia, 1965-1973', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 10, 1982, p. 61-71

Scates, Bob. Draftmen go free : a history of the anti-conscription movement in Australia, [Richmond, Vic. : B. Scates, 1988]

Internet links :

Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: Vietnam

Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: Vietnam War 1962-1975

Australian War Memorial See: Research and Family History: Encyclopedia: Conscription

Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]

Reporting the nation: 50 years of ABC TV news and current affairs. Key stories: 1969: 'Protests against Vietnam War gather momentum in Australia'

Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia See: Education

Vietnam War 1962-72

Vietnam War 1961-1975 State Library of South Australia Factsheet


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