Changes

In 1996, on the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] printed a special commemorative issue to do with the Battle of Long Tan and revealed to the Australian public for the very first time the Vietnamese version of events of VC soldiers involved and killed in the 275th Regiment:{{cquote|[The] senior Vietnamese officers made the startling claim that only 700 of their men had taken part in the battle — half the most conservative Australian estimate — and that only 30 had been killed.<ref>Mark Baker, ''Stilling The Ghosts Of Long Ta''n, Sydney Morning Herald, August 16, 1996</ref>}}

In 1996, on the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] printed a special commemorative issue to do with the Battle of Long Tan and revealed to the Australian public for the very first time the Vietnamese version of events of VC soldiers involved and killed in the 275th Regiment:{{cquote|[The] senior Vietnamese officers made the startling claim that only 700 of their men had taken part in the battle — half the most conservative Australian estimate — and that only 30 had been killed.<ref>Mark Baker, ''Stilling The Ghosts Of Long Ta''n, Sydney Morning Herald, August 16, 1996</ref>}}

A feature film, a fictionalised account written and directed by famed ex-Australian Army Commando and filmmaker Bruce Beresford, and entitled Long Tan, was released in 2008.

A feature film, a fictionalised account written and directed by ex-Australian Army Commando and filmmaker [[Bruce Beresford]], and entitled Long Tan, was released in 2008.

In 2013, Phan Chien, chairman of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Veterans' Association, reported that the VC forces suffered over 170 killed from 1966 until 1971 in Phouc Tuy Province, which appear to have caused some confusion over enemy numbers killed in the Battle of Long Tan.

In 2013, [[Phan Chien]], chairman of the [[Ba Ria-Vung Tau Veterans' Association]], reported that the VC forces suffered over 170 killed from 1966 until 1971 in Phouc Tuy Province, which appeared to confirm Australian estimates over enemy numbers killed in the Battle of Long Tan.

==References==

==References==