For three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers fight for their lives, repelling an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. With their ammunition depleted, their casualties mounting, and the enemy massing for a final attack, each man searches for the strength to overcome an unknown future with dignity, decency, and courage.
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For three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers fight for their lives, repelling an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. With their ammunition depleted, their casualties mounting, and the enemy massing for a final attack, each man searches for the strength to overcome an unknown future with dignity, decency, and courage.
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