P01768.002 Accession Number: P01768.002

Description

Probably Fire Support Base (FSB) Harrison, in Bien Hoa Province. Members of 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, unloading supplies from a US Chinook helicopter. The unit was taking up position at this FSB, prior to being transported to a new Fire Support Base, FSB Coral, which was about to be established in the extreme northwest of Bien Hoa Province.

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Accession Number
P01768.002
Photographer
Gunner Neil James Ahern
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Brand: Fujifilm – FujiChrome
Date Made
May 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor N Ahern
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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