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Scheyville graduates an unintended benefit of the Vietnam War : Comments
By Stephen Barton, published 29/4/2005Stephen Barton argues Scheyville was no sinecure for privileged sons but produced a formidable cohort of men.
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You obviously didn't read the cabinet papers released 30 years after Australia's committment to Vietnam. Although I don't dispute your recollection of your Scheyville experiences your reasons for our entry into the war are a reflection of the propaganda and outright lies of the time. The Viet. Vets Association had a great paper posted on this topic on their website but it strangely disappeared. In a nutshell, Australia's enthusiasm in rushing to Vietnam to kill people had more to do with Indonesia that anything else.
Also I recently challenged the Australian Defence Association who erroneously claim that only "volunteers" were sent to Vietnam (apparently historians say this is true, being there doesn't seem to count). I am detecting a bit of historical revisionism creeping into the record.