Vietnam veteran David Beahan tells the story of how he and two mates from New England region found themselves in the middle one of the most fearsome battles of the Vietnam War.

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Updated August 12 2016 - 3:34pm, first published August 1 2016 - 3:27pm
David Beahan at his home in Armidale.
David Beahan at his home in Armidale.

FIFTY years ago today, David Beahan, Peter Dettman, and Richard “Shorty” Brown patrolled enemy territory in a rubber plantation around Nui Dat, Vietnam.

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Matt Bedford

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