PublishedHeadline, October 2011 |
ISBN9780733626432 |
FormatSoftcover, 368 pages |
Dimensions23.6cm × 15.5cm × 2.6cm |
Thirty-nine years ago, an Australian Army Platoon, the 2nd Defence and Employment Platoon, saw action in Vietnam. The platoon was a makeshift rapid deployment force of 38 men, all regular troops, based at the Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat in 1969 from late April to June.
Years later, the army said they didn't exist. When the men of the platoon set out to prove their unit had existed, they ran into bureaucratic brick walls and official denials from the top brass and official historians. Proving their case required diligent detective work until they broke through and beat the system. Frank Walker traces what happened to the men of the Ghost Platoon, the impact the war had on them and their long battle to prove the unit existed.
