Coral Balmoral — Australia's Bloodiest Battle Of The Vietnam War

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The Battle of Coral Balmoral would see Diggers from the 1 ATF face relentless assaults by waves of North Vietnamese forces on their Fire Bases over a period of nearly a month. The Battle which began in May 1968 during the period of the Tet Offensive is less well known than the more famous Battle of Long Tan but was the Australian Army's biggest and costliest battle of the entire Vietnam War. Demonstrating outstanding bravery, sacrifice and determination the participants were awarded a Unit Citation and a variety of Medals including a Victoria Cross to Richard Norden. Sources used in this video are varied but include Australian Online War Memorial, ArtilleryHistorydotOrg, Army Museum of Western Australia and Australian Military History Podcast. Sources do differ on some granular details.