About The Documentary
Tank 169043 - Documentary
about The Documentary
This is the untold true story from a first hand perspective of an Australian Tank Crew in Vietnam
The documentary will start with an outline of Australia’s tank Squadrons involvement in the Vietnam War.
From here we will move to cover the major operations that the Australian tank crews participated in. The story will then move to the first hand experience recounted by the crew of 1 Alpha 1 Troop A Squadron.
The crew featured in the documentary will be, Peter Rosemond, George Main, Mick Payne & Gary Williamson. All veterans who served together as a tank crew in Vietnam.
Untold true Story
The central voice of the documentary centres not on the Vietnam conflict itself, but rather the personal story of one Tank crew that served in Vietnam, in Tank 169043, a Centurion Tank.
In the beginning of the documentary we do take a look at the overall view of the Vietnam conflict, moving towards the first employment of Australian Tank crews in Vietnam. We discuss their engagement in the conflict and discuss several significant conflicts, in particular the Battle of Bin Bah, Coral, Operation Hammersley, Operation Matilda the largest Armoured operation since World War 2 just to name a few.
From here we meet the men who served together in Tank 169043, looking at where they are today. Once we have meet each tank crew member we journey back to their time served in the Vietnam conflict, what they went through, how they lived and how the experience has shaped their lives today.
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