Australians at War

Soundtrack to Australian "eight-hour television series that examines the effects of war on the lives of Australians and how this nation has been shaped by those experiences". Roger Mason was a composer based in Sydney, Australia, accompanied by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, formed in 1948 from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Several wars were covered in the documentary and this soundtrack, including World War One, World War Two, and Korea. The Vietnam War-related songs on this soundtrack were: "Special Forces in Vietnam", " Vietnam Vets ", "Conscription 1969", and "Vietnam Protests". Episode seven dealt with the Vietnam War, which "looks back at the issues surrounding the Vietnam War". Episode Seven of Australians at War, “Trying not to remember”, looks back at the issues surrounding the Vietnam War, including the protest movement and the conscription debate, but most importantly provides first-hand accounts from individuals who risked everything to fight in a “dirty war” they either believed to be right or were conscripted to serve in. Tragically, returned servicemen all too often continued to suffer upon their return home, where Australia’s citizens had become deeply divided over key aspects of the war. But their trauma was not always the result of anti-war sentiment, the stress of combat, the effect of injury or exposure to defoliants such as Agent Orange".