What Green Beret Said When They Refuse to Sit With Australian SASR in Vietnam
June 1969, Nui Dat. A patrol of Australian SAS walked in off a job, sat down to eat, and the American Green Berets at the next table got up and moved away. It looked like a snub. It was the opposite. This is the story of the Australian SASR in the Vietnam War, the five-man patrols who walked into Phuoc Tuy province ground nobody else would touch and came back saying nothing. Out of roughly twelve hundred patrols, the Special Air Service Regiment held the highest kill ratio of any Australian unit in the war, and lost just one man to enemy fire. They were that good. Good enough to unsettle hardened American special forces, who could not quite work out how these quiet blokes were still alive. So when one Green Beret refused to share their table, and his mate asked him why, what he said changed how you see the whole thing. If you love Australian military history told properly, with the human side left in, this one is for you. Hit subscribe so the next ANZAC story finds you. Sources and further reading: Australian War Memorial, 1 and 3 Squadron SASR, Vietnam (awm.gov.au) Australian War Memorial, Australian casualties in the Vietnam War 1962 to 72 SAS Historical Foundation, regiment history overview (australiansas.com) Australia in the Vietnam War, general record This video includes dramatised scenes built on documented history. Exact dialogue is illustrative. #AustralianSAS #SASR #Vietnam #ANZAC #MilitaryHistory
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