Running time
57 sec
Date made
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Transcript
I was totally worn out. When we withdrew to Vung Tau, it was a whole different scene. We were still leaving early in the morning. I was missing meals and I was getting back late and it was all very different. So you were lucky to get fed some of the time and I just wore out. I was glad to leave there. You're still jumpy. I suppose they had to sneak us back into Australia.
I come in a 707 into Mascot, Sydney, and you sort of sneak out because any protestors are going to give you a hard time and my wife met me there, she'd come up from Melbourne and we managed to get away from it. I think it was the next day, I had a reaction, some kid let off some crackers and I think I was on the concrete, instinctively.
