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UNSINGER, PC. THE BATTLE OF BRISBANE: Australians and Yanks at War (Book). Military Review. 82, 2, 111, Mar. 2002. ISSN: 00264148. "Australia did not have a draft during World War II. Which means the militia was made up of volunteers and enlistees. The militia could not be sent overseas, but they could be used for Australia's defense. The defense included New Guinea and Papua. The militia was ridiculed by the AIF as being "chocolate soldiers" or chocos.

Another factor in 'the war' was the difference between the troops and the corps or military police. The military police were forced to do the duty no one else wanted because they were seen as misfits. This caused the Aussie Digger to have little to no respect for them. A rule was stated that the military police had to be unarmed. In Brisbane, the military police were Americans, had the right to be armed, and were seen as arrogant."

COATNEY, C. From Burma Battles to "the Bright Lights of Brisbane". Journalism History. 40, 4, 229-239, 2015. ISSN: 00947679. "At the height of the Pacific war, Australian Prime Minister John Curtin raised the roles of American journalists to spread enthusiasm from the U.S. for his country's defense. This shows a new side to how leaders of allied nations expanded American press interaction and influence the White House during the war. "As a former journalist, Curtin extended his candid press talks and the fledgling Australian radio and newsreel media to involve U.S. reporters in his campaign for an escalated offensive from America’s Southwest Pacific headquarters in Brisbane, Australia," says Coatney, who wrote about the subject in his journal. Curtin still lost American press support he needed in order to prevent some of Australia's troops from fighting in the Battle of Burma.

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The role of media in outbreaks of news has always been a vital one and has a big influence on the way a topic is explained to viewers. In the beginning of the war, the U.S. media was not interested in covering stories out of Vietnam with only the most breaking news was covered. After the death of civilians against President Diem in Vietnam, the U.S. media began to take more interest in the war. Journalists began arriving in Vietnam to be the first to cover any stories that emerged.

During the time of Vietnam War, the U.S. media began to change its main source of information. Journalists began to focus more on research, interviews and analytical essays instead of the normal sources of press conferences, official news releases and reports of official proceedings. With an increase in American households that obtained a television set, more and more citizens were able to keep up with the war. Although it was useful to have all information acquired during the war, the media played a huge role in what the American people saw and believed. Journalists that visited Vietnam during the war were not interested in their culture or any aspect of their way of life. Instead, they only focused on the negative and reinforced the American people with the worst of Vietnam. The media played the information to look like Vietnam was the bad guy and the only one at fault.

After the war, the media went back to normal and began obtaining news information the way they use to. But some of the American people were not happy with the media and the information they were being given. The government was painting one picture of the war, while the media was painting another. The government made the war to look more glorious and optimistic than in reality. Once the American people saw the media's side of the war, they felt betrayed by their people to find important information being held back. Americans felt fooled by their government and ultimately pressured the government to pull away from war.