Description
Senior officers are consulting a battle map during a joint Australian American battle exercise in the truce line area of Korea. They are, left to right: Brigadier (Brig) E H J Carms, of the US 24th Infantry Division; Brig G R D Musson, CBE, DSO, Commander Ist Commonwealth Division in Korea; and Lieutenant Colonel C R Shockey, Commanding Officer of the US Army 6th Tank Battalion. Australian infantrymen are working in close co-operation with the 6th Tank Battalion during the three day exercise, the annual battle efficiency test of the American unit. It is the first time that an American unit has called on troops of another country to support it in a test.
Details
Accession Number
MELJ1109
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Date Made
16 October 1955
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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