The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Corps, found this field with crops grown by the Viet Cong (VC). 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.
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. 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 carrier
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
Left to right: 4719601 Trooper (Tpr) John Meredith of Carlton, Vic; 5715497 (Tpr) Murray Madden of Albany, WA and 235273 Captain Colin Toll of Puckapunyal, Vic, all of B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment
Left to right: 4719601 Trooper (Tpr) John Meredith of Carlton, Vic; 5715497 (Tpr) Murray Madden of Albany, WA and 235273 Captain Colin Toll of Puckapunyal, Vic, all of B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment
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
