Vietnam vet John O'Halloran: New England veteran's Vietnam memories shared for the first time in new book

Andrew Messenger
Updated June 22 2021 - 12:29am, first published May 11 2021 - 6:30pm
MEMORIES: Second Lieutenant John O'Halloran fought in Vietnam only to return to a country and a town that couldn't have cared less. Photo: file
MEMORIES: Second Lieutenant John O'Halloran fought in Vietnam only to return to a country and a town that couldn't have cared less. Photo: file

When conscript John O'Halloran returned from commanding a platoon in Vietnam, his town was more interested in the footy than the bloodbath in Southeast Asia.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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