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An unidentified Australian soldier from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), preparing a demolition charge in a captured Viet Cong (VC) bunker, (reputedly used as a hospital by the VC). The bunker was found by patrolling Australian Infantry in Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Ingham. Visible are roughly constructed pieces of furniture (tables and benches), a two-man saw and a quantity of ordinance and other explosive devices. The tunnel entrance into the bunker is visible (right). During Operation Ingham the Australian patrols discovered and destroyed 27 VC camps, which ranged in size to accommodate a small squad right up to a battalion. The smaller camps consisted of rough huts and small food stores, while the larger camps consisted of underground and camouflaged bunker systems which could store and hide tons of food and accommodate hundreds of VC.
Two unidentified Australian soldiers from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), preparing demolition charges which will destroy this captured Viet Cong (VC) bunker, (reputedly used as a
An unidentified Australian soldier from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), using a right angle torch to conduct a search of a Viet Cong (VC) bunker, (reputedly used as a hospital by
A captured Viet Cong (VC) guerilla and Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts standing in front of the hide where three Viet Cong guerillas lived, about 1500 metres into the jungle from a hamlet
An unidentified member of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), in the process of retrieving a captured Viet Cong (VC) weapon after a brief contact in the jungle of Phuoc Tuy Province,
A satchel charge, other explosive devices and detonating cords have been stacked up against a tree and had C4 slab charges attached to them in preparation for their being blown up by sappers of 2 Fiel
Unidentified Australian soldiers from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), sitting on top of M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) from the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron,
