The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The American 41st Battalion's communications box at Nui Dat, Vietnam. This was a metal container about 4 metres long by 2 metres square. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, relating to his service in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968. Sig Weller notes: "It contained all the radio, teleprinter and voice equipment they needed to install a communications link, and above all, it was air conditioned – with a real air conditioner. My friend John Spindler was one of the detachment who worked in the box and I enjoyed many hours in there swapping stories with him. ... The communications box had originally been sandbagged in a very short time, these rotted and the walls collapsed. The 41st then got serious about their sandbagging and at the time of this photograph they were about half way through the effort. When the sandbagging was completed they built a wooden building over it all to keep the bags dry and ensure they didn’t have to rebuild it again."
Sand bagging around the American 41st Battalion's communications box at Nui Dat, Vietnam. This was a metal container about 4 metres long by 2 metres square and contained all the equipment necessary to
Portrait of John R Spindler Jr, 41st Battalion, US Army, outside the Battalion's communications box. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay
A member of the US Army's 41st Battalion detachment, Stephen Kottman, near its freshly sand bagged communications building at Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 27843
A member of the US Army's 41st Battalion detachment, Stephen Kottman, kneeling beside its communications building at Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signal
Sand bagging around the American 41st Battalion's communications box at Nui Dat, Vietnam. This was a metal container about 4 metres long by 2 metres square and contained all the equipment necessary to
A member of the US Army's 41st Battalion detachment, Stephen Kottman, kneeling beside its communications building at Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signal
Portrait of John R Spindler Jr, 41st Battalion, US Army, outside the Battalion's communications box. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay
Portrait of draftee John R Spindler Junior, 41st Signal Battalion, US Army, who became friends with 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, during his Vietnam tour. One of
Portrait of Wendel Burkholder, US 41st Signal Battalion. The 41st was based within 104 Signal Squadron’s lines at Nui Dat. In the background is the detachment's communications box, covered with sandba
View of a machine gun pit nestled amidst rubber trees. The pit was built and fortified with sandbags by members of 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collecte
