The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Private Peter McCann of Peterborough, SA, waits at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) as US helicopters prepare to lift troops of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), to the Long Hai Hills, south of Nui Dat. The mission, Operation Pinnaroo, is still in progress.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Waiting to be heli-lifted from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base for the beginning of Operation Pinnaroo is Private Graham Bagnell of Cleveland, SA. Hi
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. 'Pathfinder' Corporal Ivan Sinclair of Dorrigo, NSW, directs the landing of Iroquois helicopters onto the Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1
Radio Operator 61512 Private Douglas Ian 'Doug' Poole of Athol Park, SA, speaks on his field wireless set to pilots of US Army Iroquois helicopters waiting to lift troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Roy
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Iroquois helicopters line up along Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, before lifting troops from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Aust
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Troops from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), hurry into waiting US Army Iroquois helicopters at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Da
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-03. 3789296 Private Steve Kyritsis and fellow members of B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause in a bombed out building during O
