{"podcast":{"title":"Forgotten Australia","slug":"forgotten-australia-761872","podcast_index_feed_id":761872,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8dc4b04f-b05b-4eac-9556-2a69d0be13cc","website_url":"https://forgottenaustralia.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6113eaa88b490330c716f7f9/1779424981081-a6580014-c947-48c5-a428-4733c9103834.jpeg","author":"Michael Adams","episode_count":342,"summary":"Bloody crimes, unsolved mysteries, eccentric celebrities, dark events and bizarre happenings: it's all here – the stuff you wish they'd taught you in school! Dive into our strange-but-true history via never-before-told stories, author interviews, weekly flashbacks and the weekly trivia quiz. Forgotten Australia is created and hosted by Michael Adams, author of the acclaimed true crime books The Murder Squad , Hanging Ned Kelly and They'll Never Hold Me. He's also a regular history and true crime commentator on ABC Nightlife and the podcast Australian True Crime . Support Forgotten Australia for a few bucks per month to get ad-free early episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, a show shout-out and the change to win prizes in the quiz. Get a week's free trial here: Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Check out my books! They’ll Never Hold Me: https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html The Murder Squad: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html Hanging Ned Kelly: https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-ada…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872"},"episode":{"title":"Short – Boots on the Ground","slug":"short-boots-on-the-ground","published_at":"2026-03-26T13:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/short-boots-on-the-ground","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872","url":"https://shows.acast.com/forgotten-australia/episodes/short-boots-on-the-ground","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/forgotten-australia/e/69c51df79b6be94a1a764580/media.mp3","summary":"‘Boots on the ground’: it rolls off the tongue all too easily. But America – and Australia – learned that in Vietnam they didn’t have boots on the ground. They had them in a quagmire. The first Australian soldier killed in action was Kevin Conway, who in 1964 fought beside US Green Berets in a pivotal battle that provided a glimpse of the military debacle that was to last a decade, kill millions of people and leave a gaping hole in history. Crashes, Chases and Crooks in Melton History Get your free tickets or Zoom registration here:  https://libraryevents.melton.vic.gov.au/event?id=209608 To support Forgotten Australia and get all episodes early and ad-free, and get access to bonus episodes, use a free trial: Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Want more original Australian history? Check out my books! They’ll Never Hold Me: https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html The Murder Squad: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html Hanging Ned Kelly: https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html Australia’s Sweetheart: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"‘Boots on the ground’: it rolls off the tongue all too easily. But America – and Australia – learned that in Vietnam they didn’t have boots on the ground.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2015,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forgotten-australia-761872/episodes/short-boots-on-the-ground/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/short-boots-on-the-ground.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}