Life on the Line [Series 3, Bonus Episode] Panel - Australian Infantry Against the Odds

Accession Number	AWM2020.1032.63
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Podcast
Physical description	digital audio file; wave
Maker	Buckwalter, David Mark Kelly, Michael Slack-Smith, Peter Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lindfield
Date made	21 October 2018
Access	Open
Conflict	Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Angus Hordern hosts a panel three significant battles where Australians overcame the odds, with David Buckwalter, Michael Kelly and Peter Slack-Smith. Podcast released 11 June 2019.

Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's panel conversation is on three significant battles in Australian military history where our forces overcame overwhelming odds, moderated by Angus Hordern. The guests include: David Buckwalter, a Vietnam War veteran, speaks on the Battle of Wau from World War II; Michael Kelly, Australian War Memorial historian and army veteran, speaks on the Battle of Kapyong from the Korean War; and Peter Slack-Smith, a Vietnam veteran, speaks about the Battle of Long Tan, from his perspective as a Delta Company soldier in that bloody engagement.