P01858.012 Accession Number: P01858.012

Description

Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam. A US Army medical facility, possibly a field ambulance, set up in a long tent alongside a row of rubber trees in a rubber plantation. A jeep is parked in the dirt road outside the facility, while another is coming down the road at right. The medical facility was set up to receive casualties during a rice denial operation in which the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), was taking part. (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)

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Accession Number
P01858.012
Photographer
Derek John Smith
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Slide mount
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1965
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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