The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-06. VIEW OF THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB). IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND, AN INTERNATIONAL 6X6 WATER TANKER IS DELIVERING WATER TO THE RED WATER TANKS BESIDE THE ROAD. THE TACTICAL SIGN NO. 61 ON THE TRUCK INDICATES THAT IT BELONGS TO 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR). IN THE DISTANCE ARE THE LONG HAI HILLS, WHERE SMOKE RISING FROM AN EXPLOSION SHOWS THAT AN AIR STRIKE IS IN PROGRESS.
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-05. HUTS AT THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) WITH THEIR WALLS AND ROOFS PAINTED IN CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS. IN THE DISTANCE ARE THE LONG HAI HILLS
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-07. COMPANY COOKS, CORPORAL O'BRIEN (LEFT) AND SERGEANT JOHN SAXBY, STANDING BESIDE THE WATER POINT FOR C COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRAL
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-06. SIGN BESIDE THE ENTRANCE TO "SGT SAX'S DO DROP INN", THE KITCHEN OF C COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), AT THE HORS
Looking south west from a ground base at Lang Phuoc Hai, towards the Long Hai Hills as smoke from an explosion rises from one of the peaks in an attempt to flush out Viet Cong fighters.
View across paddy fields to the Long Hai hills, taken from Night Defensive Position Brigid. The smoke in the hills is from a bomb strike by a B-52 bomber, an attack on enemy positions.
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-07. LARGE TENT THAT SERVED AS THE OTHER RANKS' MESS FOR C COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), AT THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPO
