Fenton D’Antoine speaks about his brother Gordon’s Army service as a forward scout in Vietnam. Gordon D’Antoine was killed in action, and Fenton speaks about the recognition of Gordon’s service over the years, which includes him being noted in the book Forever Warriors and remembered in the US Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Centre in Washington DC.

This interview took place on 11 September 2015 in Darwin and was conducted by Professor Mick Dodson with Craig Greene as part of the Australian Research Council-funded research project Serving our Country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia.

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