The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-08. Vietnamese villagers from La Van and Vinh Than harvest corn, pumpkins, peanuts and other vegetables from a Viet Cong (VC) garden. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and trucks from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) transported the villagers from La Van and Vinh Than to the site to harvest a VC garden. They planted their APCs all around the field, and protected them while vegetables were gathered. The villagers had been forced to give food to the local VC, now they are able to recoup some of their losses.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-08. Vietnamese villagers from La Van and Vinh Than harvest corn, pumpkins, peanuts and other vegetables from a Viet Cong (VC) garden. The villagers were transpo
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1969. Eight five-ton trucks were loaded with corn, pumpkins, peanuts and other vegetables when elements of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1969. Eight five-ton trucks were loaded with corn, pumpkins, peanuts and other vegetables when elements of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured
Vietnamese villagers from La Van and Vinh Than harvest corn and many other vegetables from a Viet Cong (VC) garden. The villagers were transported to the garden by trucks from the 1st Australian Task
Private Keith Murphy of Stanhope, Vic, from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit watches Vietnamese villagers from La Van and Vinh Than loading corn and other vegetables harvested from a Viet Cong (V
Vietnamese villagers prepare to return to the villages of La Van and Vinh Than after a successful day spent harvesting a Viet Cong (VC) garden. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and trucks from the 1
