Vietnam war veteran and Yamatji Elder Graham Taylor reflects on his time in the army and the war

Private Graham Peter Taylor, an Aboriginal serviceman, who served in Vietnam

"My experience in the army recruit training was pretty hard. I went to Kapooka in 1970. There was a little bit of racial discrimination there from one person but when I went into the infantry training, I didn’t get any, and in the battalion, I joined. Nothing whatsoever. No discrimination. It was all one family. In Vietnam we were all the same. We were all brothers and we still are at the moment." - Graham Taylor

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