Second to None: 2RAR as the ANZAC Battalion in Vietnam, 1970-71

Mossman, NSW: Army Doctrine Centre, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. The edges are lightly bumped, else a clean, solid and unmarked copy. xiv, 230 pages. first published in 1995, this is a second edition with corrections. "2 RAR was formed originally as the 66th Battalion at the end of World War II on 16 October 1945 as a regular infantry force raised from volunteers from the 9th Division for service with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. ... on 23 November 1948 it was renamed the 2nd Battalion, Australian Regiment, with the Royal regimental prefix being granted on 31 March 1949......Two tours of Vietnam were completed by 2 RAR during the Vietnam War, the first one between May 1967 and June 1968 and the second between May 1970 and May 1971. An advanced party from 2 RAR arrived in Vietnam for their first tour in April 1967, although the main force did not deploy until the following month, embarking upon HMAS Sydney which had been converted to a troop carrier. Stationed at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province as part of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF), they took over from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. As many of the battalion's members had already served eighteen months overseas in Malaysia and Borneo and as such would only be able to serve a six-month tour, 2 RAR was brought up to strength by accepting a draft of national servicemen from Australia.... Total 2 RAR casualties for both tours were 32 killed and 182 wounded. (Wikipedia)