The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This oral history is part of a Training Command initiative to interview selected personnel and to draw on their operational experiences for training purposes. The Training Command emphasis is on training for war and training in war. The video focuses on the training that Major General D.M. Butler, AO, DSO underwent as a lieutenant and captain in Japan, Korea and Australia during the Korean War. It further examines aspects of sub-unit training he directly supervised as the Commanding Officer of 6 RAR prior to, and during its second tour in South Vietnam. The interview commences with an introduction by Major Cruickshank who emphasises the importance of training adequately to fight and win in war, and is followed by a brief summation of Major General Butler's record of service. The interview then covers the pertinent aspects of training for war and in war, utilising General Butler's operational experiences in Korea and Japan between 1950 and 1953 and in Australia and SVN between 1968 and 1970. See F04851 for edited production.
This oral history is part of a Training Command initiative to interview selected personnel and to draw on their operational experiences for training purposes. The Training Command emphasis is on train
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