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An area secured by troops of 'B' Company of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, south east of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, Vietnam, provided a safe landing zone for helicopters bringing in mortar bombs for troops supporting the 2nd and 7th Battalions engaged on Operation Kenmore. Troops quickly unloaded the bombs and re-loded them into armoured personnel carriers for distribution to mortar sections near the coast in Phuoc Tuy Province during the early stages of the Operations. With the mortars ready to support the infantry battalions, troops were briefed for the drive north into a suspected Viet Cong resupply area. Operation Kenmore involved most Task Force units including helicopters of No. 9 Squadron and Caribous of 35 Sqn RAAF. It was aimed at clearing the Viet Cong resupply area. From the coastal strip, troops began the tiring task of crossing numerous swamps which bridged the coast and the jungle where it was expected the Viet Cong installations would be hidden. Once in the jungle, small hills and numerous small creeks made the task more difficult. Yet the first indication that the resupply area existed were not far away. As troops entered the gateway to a small Viet Cong base camp they found it had been vacated less than 24 hours earlier. After a careful check of the surrounding area, it was time for a break and resupply of rations. Smoke indicated the small landing zone in a jungle clearing and seconds later troops of the 2nd Battalion were unloading supplies which would see them through the next phsae of the Operation deeper into the jungle and enemy territory. [Identified personnel: Major Bill Carter, of Dorrington, Brisbane; Lieutant Jim Connolly, of Croyden Park, Sydney; Private Jim Gasson, of Ovingham, Adelaide; Private Peter Gulbransen, of Aspley, Brisbane]
The 2nd Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment, has begun its Viet Nam tour of duty with Operation Barossa - a one day shake down operation aimed at clearing a likely Viet Cong area. Although there w
Troops of the 5th Battalion RAR depart Baria aboard American Bell 'Iroquois' helicopters for an assault landing on a small island called Long Son off the coast of South Vietnam. The operation named '
It was canvas accommodation for members of the Australian Task Force's Tactical Headquarters when it moved into the field on Operation Kenmore in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. On the spot, a comp
Operation Darwin, the second search and destroy operation in Viet Nam for troops of the Second Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, resulted in three enemy bunkers being destroyed and an old base cam
Bulldozers and tractors are the weapons aimed at the Viet Cong in a new operation launched west of Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy province, this week. It is a large-scale land clearing operation code-named Lyre B
New Zealand infantry troops who recently arrived in Vietnam made contact with Viet Cong during their first search and destroy operation in the Australian Task Force area of responsibility. Called oper
