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Major Harry Smith in Saigon, Vietnam, August 1966. Story by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree. Photos courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.

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A true hero of Vietnam War farewelled

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The man whose company held back a reinforced North Vietnamese regiment at Long Tan, before fighting for his soldiers to

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