{"id":8434,"date":"2012-08-14T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=8434"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T05:33:50","slug":"veterans-to-gather-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/08\/14\/veterans-to-gather-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Veterans To Gather On Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8438\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120814vietnamveterans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8438\" title=\"20120814 Vietnam Veterans\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120814vietnamveterans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120814vietnamveterans.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120814vietnamveterans-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry Krosch and Barry Haydon &#8230; planning Vietnam Veterans&#8217; Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 14, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Vietnam Veterans will be commemorating the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Long_Tan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battle of Long Tan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; and the sacrifice of all servicemen and women during the Vietnam War &#8211; at the annual Vietnam Veterans&#8217; Day Service which will be held in Kingaroy on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The service will begin at 10:30am at the Rotunda in Memorial Park. All members of the public have been invited to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the event, Barry Krosch, said this year&#8217;s guest speaker would be South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Barry Haydon will read the poem &#8220;Long Tan&#8221;, written by Bill Charlton and published in his poetry collection: &#8220;A Rugged Bunch Of Diggers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a wreath-laying ceremony, recital of The Ode and one minute&#8217;s silence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Vietnam Veterans will be commemorating the Battle of Long Tan on Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vietnam Veterans To Gather On Saturday - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/08\/14\/veterans-to-gather-on-saturday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vietnam Veterans To Gather On Saturday - 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