(Transcript from World News Radio)
In bright sunshine, tens-of-thousands of people have attended the Anzac Day parade through central Melbourne.
Van Nguyen was there.
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Melbourne's Anzac Day parade took place down Swanston Street and St Kilda Road, ending at the Shrine of Remembrance.
Most participants marched behind banners identifying the military units in which they served, some joined by younger relatives.
Others, now too old too march, were driven in vintage vehicles.
Among the crowd cheering them as they passed was Lucy.
"It's actually the very first time I've come, believe it or not. It's actually quite impressive to see who's participated in terms of, you know, fighting for our country really. Sort of quite amazing. It's actually had more of an impact then I actually realised. Just sort of seeing, you know, the actual parade. So it's actually amazing."
Judy Gowans, from Christchurch in New Zealand, was also impressed.
"We're here on holiday but we felt that we wanted to come and see the parade because we're part of Anzac Day. I think that it's wonderful and it's great to commemorate it. It's very important and I think the younger generation know far more now than a lot of the earlier generations."
One marcher was Minh Nguyen, a former South Vietnamese Air Force officer.
He's now president of the Victorian branch of the association representing former members of the South Vietnamese military, which Australian forces supported in the Vietnam War.
"When we look back, we're still proud. We have served our country as a soldier. We're always proud because of our service, even though we lost the war. We came to Australia and became Australian citizens and we join a lot of Australian associations. Our Australian brothers-in-arms, we have fought together, arm-in-arm. And now we're still marching on the Anzac Day. It's proud. We hope we can continue to do marching every year."
Clive Levery was called up for national service during the Vietnam War.
He's an enthusiastic supporter of the Anzac Day parade.
"I think it's excellent. And I just hope that this is a proud unit and a forerunner next year. Being the hundredth anniversary of Anzac Day and I hope it's bigger and better."
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