Medal - Long Tan South Vietnam (Military Medal) ND

Reverse

Australian Soldiers lined up each side of the Memorial at Long Tan in South Vietnam.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LONG TAN SOUTH VIETNAM
18th AUGUST 1966
1966 - 2006

Edge

Plain

Comment

The Battle of Long Tan took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam units and elements of the 1st Australian Task Force.