The Australian public would be understandably saddened, and the radical anti-war protesters would take to the streets in even larger, rowdier and more riotous numbers. But, in time, the death in battle of ten of the country’s finest would fade into the public’s collective memory, only surfacing on occasions such as Vietnam Veterans’ Day, Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. For the general population, life would go on and the media would turn its focus to more current news stories.
Slowly, through the numbing fog of disbelief and outrage, the true significance of the document began to surface. It was dynamite; a political bombshell, the likes of which he doubted had ever been seen, at least in this country. While the document made no mention of either the United States Government, or the Austra
