PHOTO: Ambrose Doolan, Don Harrod and Mark Coulton. Image: Supplied
A Vietnam veteran from Coonabarabran recognised for his military service during a special presentation recently says he will never forget the comradeship of the war he fought in as a 20-year-old.
But while that friendship is something he holds dear, Donald Harrod said community opposition to the Vietnam War was something that lead him to be unfairly victimised by protestors when he returned to Sydney in 1970.
Don served as a Corporal in the 5th Battalion of The Royal Australian Regiment from February 1969 to March 1970 in south Vietnam.
“I lived in West Australia and I joined the army and was sent to the eastern states. I was only in it for probably 15 months before I was sent to Vietnam,” he said…