Australian Vietnam War AATTV Cloth Shouder Patch

Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. Theater made embroidered AATTV shoulder patch. Some glue stain to the reverse , possibly removed from an album. Together with a Jungle Greens Warrant Officer Class 2 Sleeve patch and a General Service Rising Sun shoulder patch.

Team Vietnam (AATTV) was a specialist unit of military advisors of the Australian Army that operated during the Vietnam War. Raised in 1962, the unit was formed solely for service as part of Australia's contribution to the war, providing training and assistance to South Vietnamese forces. Initially numbering only approximately 30 men, the size of the unit grew several times over the following years as the Australian commitment to South Vietnam gradually grew, with the unit's strength peaking at 227 in November 1970. Members of the team worked individually or in small groups, operating throughout the country from the far south to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the north. Later they were concentrated in Phước Tuy Province as Australian forces prepared to withdraw from Vietnam. It is believed to be the most decorated Australian unit to serve in Vietnam.

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