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The tiger man of Vietnam

by Walker, Frank

AustraliaVietnam War, 1961-1975Career in armed forcesAustralia. Army. Australian Army Training Team, VietnamParticipation, Montagnard (Vietnamese people)Australian ParticipationOfficersBiography

In 1963, 28-year-old Australian Captain Barry Petersen was sent to Vietnam as part of the 30-man Australian Training Team, two years before the first official Australian troops arrived. Seconded to the CIA, he was sent to the remote Central Highlands to build an anti-communist guerrilla force among the indigenous Montagnard people.

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Book data: Open Library