00:02They called them Nashos, at first called up for three to six months, later for two years.
00:08But it was the birthday ballot during the Vietnam War that is best remembered.
00:13I was in the second ballot, like in the second Nashos.
00:19And thrust into a world never imagined, 200 of them would die.
00:24It was very boring, but every now and again, it was very traumatic, yeah.
00:30Traumatic for us, and it was more traumatic when we came home.
00:34We came back, you know, nobody liked us then.
00:37We were dubbed, you know, baby killers and, you know, all sorts of terrible things.
00:42There was no welcome home until 1987.
00:46The veterans struggled for years.
00:49Wayne Lyons is now a pastor, but when he got back from Vietnam,
00:53he joined a bikey gang to cope.
00:56This one had a skull with wings riding a motorbike.
01:01I was pretty messed up and I didn't even realise what the war...
01:06I didn't even know what post-traumatic stress disorder was.
01:09The National Service schemes commemorated today were a key part of Australia's Cold War policies.
01:16The aim was to have Australia's young men ready as a fighting force.
01:21Some who served believed the discipline did them good.
01:25I would like to see, personally, National Service brought back.
01:30For many, today ended with a beer, all conscious of the march of time.
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