"L'acrobat" wrote in message ...
The really sad and pathetic part, is that the
Australian Task Force was supposed to be guarding the approaches to
Long Binh and Bien Hoa at that time. Yet the units you were supposed
to check attacked our bases anyway. Despite being given the chance to
redeem themselves, the Australian Army managed to screw that up too.

On 10 May 1968 (after the Tet offensive) IIFFV officially requested that
1ATF be deployed into AO Surfers (north of Long Binh).


Yes, that explains why half of the 5th VC Division attacked the northern
perimeter of Long Binh. Had you looked at a map you have noticed that the
5th VC Division staging areas were north of Long Binh.