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Last Australian Forces Depart

December 18, 1972

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Australian Army training Team Captain Peter Shilston confirms that the village that he and accompanying South Vietnamese troops are about to search has been properly cordoned. (Australian War Memorial)

The last members of the Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam (AATTV) depart Vietnam. The AATTV, which has served in South Vietnam for ten years, is the most highly decorated Australian unit of the war. Four members of the AATTV are awarded the Victoria Cross, Australia's highest military honor.1

1Unknown author, “Australian Army Training Team Vietnam,” Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_13207vietnam.asp (link is external) (accessed 11/10/14).