
1967 is a turbulent year in Australia. The Vietnam War has escalated, with many young Australian servicemen killed or severely injured in a war that is becoming more unpopular. A Prime Minister dies in mysterious circumstances and the deadliest bushfire of its era destroys...

A young Vietnam conscript is severely wounded in the tunnels in South Vietnam. As a tunnel rat his life expectancy is short. He was trained to not make a noise under any circumstances; a cry of pain would bring near instant death in the tunnels. He manages to survive, and...