Vietnam Veterans
How were Australian Vietnam Veterans treated by the Australian public during different stages of the war?
How were Australian Vietnam Veterans treated by the Australian Public during the different stages of the Vietnam War
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For the Australian soldiers in Vietnam (yes, they were there, and we lost hundreds of them), it was a case of fighting a war that had become very unpopular. Like USA government was pushing US citizens to continue supporting , but the public did not want it, especially when it involved "drafting " 18 year old boys to fight it.
Sadly, the hatred of the war got transferred onto the soldiers, many of whom, being conscripts, hadn't wanted to go, and had seen terrible atrocities committed by both sides. Some were also victims of Agent Orange.
When they returned home, unlike the heroic welcomes given to soldiers after WW2, the Vietnam Vets were greeted with hostility and protests. This led to severe depression, alcoholism and drug use (just to numb the pain). They were not even permitted to march in our version of Veterans' Day (ANZAC Day) initially, which further traumatised them.
Anti-war sentiment escalated rapidly in the late 1960s as more and more Australian soldiers were killed in battle. The introduction of conscription by the Australian Government during the war also enraged some, and groups of people resisted the call to military service (which was punishable by imprisonment) by burning the letters notifying them of their conscription. Growing public uneasiness about the death toll was fuelled by a series of highly-publicised arrests of conscientious objectors, and exacerbated by shocking revelations of atrocities committed against Vietnamese civilians, leading to a rapid increase in domestic opposition to the war between 1967 and 1970.
On 8 May 1970, moratorium marches were held in major Australian cities to coincide with the marches in the USA. The demonstration in Melbourne, was supported by an estimated 100,000 people. [30] Across Australia, it was estimated that 200,000 people were involved.
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