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Derrill de Heer, part of a University of NSW team at the Australian Defence Force Academy that has undertaken a major research project on the Australian experience in Vietnam, has admitted ''"...we have some doubts about the number of enemy killed and wounded. In talking to D Coy veterans over the years, the number killed or wounded seems to have risen."''<ref>[http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/3866695/fifty-years-after-the-battle-of-long-tan-the-truth-is-still-elusive/?cs=5 Fifty years after the Battle of Long Tan, the truth is still elusive]</ref>
Derrill de Heer, part of a University of NSW team at the Australian Defence Force Academy that has undertaken a major research project on the Australian experience in Vietnam, has admitted ''"...we have some doubts about the number of enemy killed and wounded. In talking to D Coy veterans over the years, the number killed or wounded seems to have risen."''<ref>[http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/3866695/fifty-years-after-the-battle-of-long-tan-the-truth-is-still-elusive/?cs=5 Fifty years after the Battle of Long Tan, the truth is still elusive]</ref>
The Australian veterans perpetuated that body count for decades and remains a sensitive issue in Vietnam. Australians are banned from wearing medals or uniforms, or carrying flags at Long Tan on Anzac Day.
==Controversies and conclusions==
==Controversies and conclusions==