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Vietnam Vanguard

  • First Page
  • Preliminary Pages
  • Foreword
  • 5th Battalion Roll of Honour
  • List of Maps and Figures
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Purpose of this Book
  • 1. The Challenge
  • 2. Why was 5 RAR Stationed at Nui Dat?
  • 3. Facing New Realities: From Holsworthy to Nui Dat
  • 4. 5 RAR on Operations, May–September 1966
  • 5. Intelligence Work in Phuoc Tuy after Long Tan
  • 6. Into the Hills: Operations Canberra and Robin – October 1966
  • Plate Section
  • 7. Operation Queanbeyan – October 1966: Unfinished Business from Operation Canberra
  • 8. A Platoon Commander’s War – Part 1
  • 9. Contact with the Enemy – Through Soldiers’ Eyes
  • 10. A Platoon Commander’s War – Part 2
  • 11. Advisers? Activities Beyond the Battalion
  • Plate Section
  • 12. Fire Support: 103 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery in Action
  • 13. The Medical Problems of Operations in the Hills
  • 14. The Challenges of Air Support
  • 15. The Development of the Reconnaissance Platoon
  • 16. John Warr as Commanding Officer: His Approach to the War
  • 17. Conclusion: The Development of a 5 RAR Approach
  • Appendix A. 5th Battalion Decorations and Awards: Vietnam 1966–67
  • Appendix B. Authors’ Biographical Notes
  • Appendix C. Cordon and Search Operations
  • Appendix D. The Enemy: Uncontested Tenancy Prior to the Arrival of 1 ATF
  • Appendix E. Glossary of Military Terms
  • Appendix F. Map Symbols
  • Appendix G. Bibliography
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Vietnam Vanguard

List of Maps and Figures

Map 1: Phuoc Tuy Province 1966

Figure 1: 5 RAR in Vietnam, 1966

Map 2: Phuoc Tuy Province 1966: Main Viet Cong locations and district boundaries

Map 3: Operation Hardihood – Phase 1: 24–31 May 1966

Map 4: Operation Hardihood – Phase 2: 1–3 June 1966

Map 5: Operation Sydney: 6–17 July 1966

Map 5A: Nui Nghe artillery incident: 8 July 1966

Map 6: Operation Sydney Two: 19–20 July 1966

Map 7: Operation Holsworthy: 7–8 August 1966

Map 8: Operation Canberra – Phase 1: 6–8 October 1966

Map 9: Operation Canberra – Phase 2: 8–10 October 1966

Map 10: Operation Robin: 11–16 October 1966

Map 11: Operation Queanbeyan: 17–26 October 1966

Map 12: Anti-Tank and Assault Pioneer Platoons enemy contacts: 17–18 October 1966

Map 12A: Anti-Tank and Assault Pioneer Platoons enemy contacts: 17–18 October 1966

Map 13: 10 Platoon attack: 21 October 1966

Map 13A: 10 Platoon attack: 21 October 1966

Map A.1: Operation Sydney Two: 19–20 July 1966

Figure A.1: 5 RAR Interrogation Compound

Map A.2: Operation Holsworthy: 7–8 August 1966

Map A.3: Operation Yass: 6–7 November 1966

Figure A.2: VC organisation in Phuoc Tuy Province in mid-1966


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