Australians locate remains of Vietnamese soldiers

The Australian newspaper on July 20 reported that a team of Australian military specialists has found the remains of 120 Vietnamese fallen combatants, including soldiers who died in the Binh Ba attack in June, 1969.
The Australian newspaper on July 20 reported that a team of Australian military specialists has found the remains of 120 Vietnamese fallen combatants, including soldiers who died in the Binh Ba attack in June, 1969.

The team includes two war veterans, Derrill de Heer and Bob Hall, who were in the war in Vietnam.  The team has already completed a pilot project on searching for soldiers who went missing in action during the war and has helped a number of Vietnamese families find the remains of their relatives who laid down their lives during the past war.

Heer said that his search party has found the remains of some Vietnamese soldiers who were killed in the Binh Ba attack in 1969. Australia will provide Vietnam with information that will help the country search for the remains of other Vietnamese martyrs.

The team has also called on Australian war veterans who took part in the war in Vietnam to support the search by handing over photos, diaries and souvenirs taken from the fallen Vietnamese combatants./.

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