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August 28th, 2005
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| Chief Engineer  | Name the Australian and NZ units that were attached to and supported the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade in VietNam.
__________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  |
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August 29th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | 1RAR; 161 Recon Flight (RAAF); 161 Field Battery RNZA; 105 Field Battery RAA; and 1 Field Squadron RAE. I think thats all.
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August 29th, 2005
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| Chief Engineer | You are right! For more info on the involvement of New Zealand in the VietNam War see the following: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/...a/vietnam.html Also see the following for info on the 1st RAR: http://www.173rdairborne.net/1strar.htm |
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September 2nd, 2005
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| Centurion | Alright, Which RNZN Ship, participate at the Battle of the River Plate (Sinking of the Graf Spe)
__________________ "Even if I wished to surrender to you - and I don't - I am commanding Australian's who would cut my throat if I accepted your Terms" Colonel C Hore, Siege of Elands River, 1900 If You want to See the Future, Read a History Book |
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September 14th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Quote:
How many living Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross are there? and Who are they?
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September 14th, 2005
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| Centurion | Two, Kieth Payne VC (1969) and Edward Kenna VC (1945) |
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September 14th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Correct. Next questions: What was the Australian Military's worse peacetime training accident? and, What was the Australian Army's worse training accident? |
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September 18th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | I would say the answer to both would have to be the Black Hawk accident in 1996 when 18 SASR soldiers were killed. |
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September 19th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Quote:
The Blackhawk accident ranks about third in the list of training accidents. I will provide the answers on friday. Just to make everyone think harder: Who were the only two Australians to have the same citations for their Victoria Crosses? | |
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September 19th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | What was the Australian Army's worse training accident? Kapooka, May 1945, 26 sappers were killed. |
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