AuthorTate, Don (Donald William)DescriptionCrucible is a collection of events taken from the Narratives, Unit Histories, newspaper reports, and other historical resources involving the Australian Force in Vietnam, 1964-1972, of great individual and unit heroism, of large battles - including the first massed tank attack since World War 2 - of ambushes, and bunker assaults, of the last ever bayonet charges by Australian infantrymen in war, and of those many fleeting contact and firefights, all in the most hostile of environments against a courageous and determined enemy. But there are also incidents of controversy, of unspeakable tragedy, of gross incompetence and negligence at all levels, of men maimed by booby traps and mines, of atrocities, murder, and 'friendly fire' incidents, of 'fragging', and even of cowardice under fire... truly, a crucible in which the character of men at war was fully tested.Imprint [Australia] : [Don Tate], 2022.Collation196 pages : illustrations, portraits, map, facsimiles ; 24 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published2022NotesIncludes bibliographical references (page 186) and index.ISBN9780645316513 (paperback)Dewey Class959.7043 TATPublication FormatBook
Tate, Don (Donald William), Crucible : the Australians in action in Vietnam. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 04/08/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/48375
