ANZAC DAY 2011 – This year will mark the 45th anniversary of the first National Serviceman / conscript from the state of Victoria, Australia to be killed in the Vietnam War on 10 June 1966…His name is Leslie Thomas Farren of Reservoir. Read his story. He was killed 19 days short of his 21st Birthday […]
Above: Ex-Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, nicknamed Biggles after a fictitious British World War One Fighter Ace (below). Exclusive: GARETH EVANS DISPELS VIETNAM BIGGLES MYTHBy Sasha Uzunov Australia’s former high profile Foreign Minister and International trouble shooter, Gareth Evans, has finally put to rest a long running urban legend about a combat plane ride he […]
Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, vandalised with anti-Afghan War slogans. Photos copyright Sasha Uzunov 2009. TEAM UZUNOV EXCLUSIVE PROTESTORS VANDALISE VICTORIA BARRACKS, ST KILDA ROAD, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. Photos taken Thursday, 8 October 2009 at 4pm. In eerie overtones of the controversial Vietnam War (1962-72) where opponents targeted war memorials and military installations, anti-Afghan War graffiti was daubed […]
An attempt to find common ground amongst Veterans in the recent debate about Australia’s role in the Vietnam War (1962-72)… The article below received enormous feedback on the www.onlineopinion.com.au website http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9187Gallipoli good, Vietnam badBy Sasha Uzunov – posted Tuesday, 21 July 2009 Don Tate, Vietnam Veteran and author of The War Within, has made explosive […]
ONLINE OPINION – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debatewww.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8805 Vietnam nightmare ends with newsman’s deathBy Sasha Uzunov – Friday, 24 April 2009Legendary newsman John Sorell, aged 72, has died. Sorell made his name with the infamous and inaccurate Vietnam war crime story in 1968. It was a story that was to unfairly plague and […]
Vietnam is part of the Anzac legend forged on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915. REMEMBRANCE DAY– REMEMBERING ALL — Vietnam part of the ANZAC Legend forged at Gallipoli ON LINE OPINION – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8135&page=0 Remembrance Day: remembering all By Sasha Uzunov – posted Monday, 10 November 2008 Recent […]
Keating was eager to send Australian troops to Rwanda, Africa in 1994 but there was no criticism of Gallipoli back then. (Photo courtesy of Ken Pedler) KEATING’S SHORT MEMORYBy Sasha Uzunov Paul John Keating, Australia’s Prime Minister from 1991-96, has been at it again. –letting go with comments that would guarantee media exposure. His latest […]
Australia’s Leader on the War on Terror won’t discuss his lack of war service in Vietnam (1962-72) Still waiting for a reply…after 15 months…ASIO Spy boss wont reveal why he didn’t volunteer to fight in Vietnam…WAR ON TERROR LEADER WON’T DISCUSS HIS LACK OF WAR SERVICE By Sasha Uzunov Mr Paul O’Sullivan, Director General of […]
