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This book is a recollection that may be a little bit off the mark as far as time, dates and names are concerned, but the essential memories of fifty-seven years ago are correct. Several books have been written about Vietnam, but this is essentially about my National Service commitment for two years from 1967 to 1969. I hope to show the impact of this on a twenty-year-old male plucked out of ""civvie"" life to serve two years in the Army and also the impact it had on family. I hope to recall the funny stuff, the difficult stuff, the frustrating stuff, the ridiculous stuff, the scary stuff and other stuff that comes to me as I travel back through this period of my life.It is a memory of my call-up into the Australian Army, the induction, recruit training at 3rd Training Battalion (3TB), Singleton, New South Wales, and battle efficiency training at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville in north Queensland with the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR).As an integral part of 6RAR, myself and others of my intake were unexpectedly sent to Vietnam in 1969. It will be necessary to finish this book, not only with a recollection of my time in Vietnam, but with the later effects of that deployment. This version is a second attempt following the loss of a previous manuscript to computer malfunction, or perhaps it was an operator malfunction.My hope is that this will satisfy my wish to write a book on a subject that is important to me and had a dramatic effect on my life. I also hope it will sell a million copies and I can forget the Lotto.I must warn you, though, that it contains coarse language and culturally offensive idioms for which I apologise in advance. I am writing about a completely male environment where all involved are young and participating in a new and strange life. I don't believe I can relate the story properly without this coarse and offensive language. Our Army trainers used this type of language to emphasise the Army point and as an attention tool. I hope you understand. It was very much part of the life I am attempting to describe. I hope you enjoy my story.
