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Aug 2004: Dave is one of seven contributing
authors to this factual account of the battle. The book went into a reprint
within 12 months of its release. Currently in its third print. Click on the cover to read
more...
Available as a book -
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741141993 |
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Aug 2005: Dave's first book is a 'faction' story
where the 'fiction' is in the characters of the VC and NVA leaders but as
much as possible of the rest of the story is fact. Click on the cover to
read more...
Available as a book -
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741145618
or as an eBook -
http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=244610 |
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Download a 50-slide animated Powerpoint presentation
by clicking the red text at left.
(new version 01d updated Wed 28 Apr 10)
It's a PC version and runs on Powerpoint version 2003 and later.
Enjoy - it's free! Careful - it's about 7.5Mb (with the extra pix!)
Or click here for a previous
version01b @ 7.2Mb.
(If the
presentation doesn't work on your PC as expected, please check your
Powerpoint program version. Click on HELP, then ABOUT - is it 2003 or
later?)
(If you don't have Powerpoint 2003 or later, I'm told that
Open Office Impress
will display the file - and Impress
can be downloaded from the Net free, too!)
(Vista OS
users should right click on the "Download" text first to choose Save.)
(Several Mac
users - running various Op Sys's and Office
for Mac 2004 - have said that the presentation works fine on their Mac's. Try it
on yours!)
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In 2009, Dave hosted an AVVRG
(see their website http://avvrg.org.au
) Tour to the area of Australian operations
during the Viet Nam War. It proved so successful that those on it demanded it happen again
in Oct 2010. That happened and was coupled with a second Tour that
visited other "Decisive Battlefields" in Viet Nam, including Hue, DMZ, Khe
Sanh, Da Nang, Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu.
This pair of Tours was again so successful that we're repeating the pair of
Tours in Oct 2011.We're also developing a Tour
to the Europe Decisive Battlefields (WW1: Western Front; WW2: Normandy),
starting in London, ending in Paris and having ANZAC Day at Villers
Brettonneaux - if you're interested in this while it's being developed,
please contact us.
Please click
here ...for
our Travel pages....
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Here's some of the Powerpoint slide presentations
Dave uses on his Viet Nam Tours:
Click here for
01 Dien Bien Phu.pps (3.4 MB)
- the battle that ended the French Indo-China War;
Click here for 02
Starlite.pps
(3.1 MB)
- the arrival of the US and the escalations to war;
Click here for 03 D M
Z.pps
(5.9 MB)
- the DMZ (De-Militarised Zone) on the NVN border;
Click here for 05 Long
Tan.pps
(3.9 MB)
- an overview of the Long Tan battle;
Click here for
05 Oz in Phuoc
Tuy.pps (5.4 MB)
- more pix and text about the ANZACs in Viet Nam;
Click here for
05b Coral
Balmoral.pps (7.8 MB)
- FSB Coral and the Balmoral defended location;
Click here for 06 Khe
Sanh.pps
(2.5 MB)
- the 'seige' of Khe Sanh;
Click here for 07
Tet 68 Hue.pps
(6.9 MB)
- the Tet 1968 Offensive, particularly looking at Hue;
Click here for 08
Hamburger Hill.pps (4.5 MB)
- the A Shau Valley operations incl Hamburger Hill;
Click here for 09 Lam
Son.pps
(8.7 MB)
- the last offensive of the ARVN's war;
Click here for 12 Dich
Van.pps
(857 KB)
- the only battle we lost - the North's Propaganda War;
Please note that these are used for 'live'
presentations, so the given narrative contains more than the slide text
does.
Please feel free to use for any respectful
purpose. Credit 'Dave Sabben MG'. Thanks.
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Here's some of Dave's public talks & writings...
Click here for
14 Aug 2005 'we won our war' talk
- our war in VietNam ended in 1972-3, NOT in 1975;
Click here for
Aug 2006 article in INFANTRY Mag
- the relationship between jnr officers & snr NCOs;
Click here for
14 Aug 2009 'the AVVRG' talk
- the AVVRG continues the 'WHAM' role in VietNam;
Click here for
2010 'ANZAC Reflections' poem
- after death, a soldier reflects on memorials & care;
Click here for
15 Aug 2010 'The Nek/Honour' talk
- what made men 'go over the top' to their deaths?;
Click here for
25 Apr 2011 'ANZAC Spirit' talk
- ANZAC as a shared national identity for Aust & NZ;
Please feel free to use for any respectful purpose. Credit 'Dave Sabben MG'. Thanks.
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In the pipeline... Click here to see
what recent, current and future projects Dave is involved with... |
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To contact Dave or to offer comments or feedback on any of the above, please click here ... |
