A lookout from Fire Support Base Coral in Vietnam. May, 1968. Picture: Alan “Jack” Parr. Surrounded by North Vietnamese soldiers in thick scrub, the 26-day Battle of Coral-Balmoral saw Diggers ...

Unlike events such as the Battle of Long Tan, the Battle of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral is not well remembered in Australia — a notable victory in a war ultimately lost. For many years ...

COMMITTEE chairman Alan (Jack) Parr is confident of a successful national reunion of Fire Support Base Coral Vietnam veterans in Rockhampton from May 23-26. The reunion will commemorate the 45th ...

Not only is Cape Coral Fire Department's newest station ... It houses an engine truck, with advanced life support equipment, and a brush fire truck. Four employees will be stationed there 24 ...