Re: [nznog] OT - Ken Olsen passes away

At 02:43 p.m. 11/02/2011, peter(a)mynetworks.co.nz wrote:

Just to clear up the portion on Vietnam - only volunteers were sent there by the NZ Army.

Tours of Duty for the rifle companies that went, was pretty much only 1 year.

Small point I suppose but important

Thanks for the clarification. Like most 18 year olds, street talk gave a different perspective, that was probably incorrect. The joys of being 18. I just recall listening to the radio with my friends to see what dates came up. But this was a response to Donald's comment about a different post-war time. WW2 was Ken Olsen's era. I grew up with Malaya and Vietnam and have friends who served in both, and those "wars" are often forgotten and down played.