TWO of Australia's most senior military commanders have spoken out in support of civilian medical team members who served in Vietnam but are denied government assistance for war-related health problems.
General Peter Cosgrove, the former chief of Australian defence forces, served in Vietnam. He said he had no doubt the volunteer teams of doctors, anaesthetists and nurses who worked in the Vietnam battle zones between 1964 and 1972 were under the control of the military.
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