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27 August, 2022

Service marks Vietnam War

MORE than 20 people attended Inglewood’s Vietnam Veterans’ Day commoration service last Thursday. The twlight service at the Grant Street war memorial was held on the anniversary of the 1966 Battle of Long Tan in a rubber plantation near Long...

MORE than 20 people attended Inglewood’s Vietnam Veterans’ Day commoration service last Thursday.

The twlight service at the Grant Street war memorial was held on the anniversary of the 1966 Battle of Long Tan in a rubber plantation near Long Tan, Phguoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam.

Veterans placed wreaths at the base of the memorial during the brief service that was attended by ex-serviceman from across the Loddon and also Charlton.

Inglewood and Bridgewater RSL sub-branch organised the service and later held a dinner at Steve’s Empire State Hotel.

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