The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Song Rai, South Vietnam. c.1967-10. A fitters' M1131A Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) crosses the river over two tank bridges placed by two M48 bridgelayers on loan from the US 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment (11ACR) during Operation Santa Fe. This Operation, carried out between 27 October and 18 November 1967, was a multi-brigade search and destroy mission directed against the major NLF (National Liberation Front) and PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam).
Head and shoulders portrait of an Australian soldier of 'C' Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), with a towel hanging over his shoulder. This soldier was involved in Operation
Song Rai River, South Vietnam. 1967-07. Members of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, clearing old wire from near the Song Rai bridge so that the bridge could be fully checked. During Operation Paddingto
Near Song Rai, South Vietnam. 1967-07. A line of US M48 tanks on the road approaching the Song Rai bridge during Operation Paddington. Note the Xenon-arc searchlights mounted above their main armament
Song Rai River, South Vietnam. 1967-07. A young Vietnamese girl, daughter of a soldier from the PF (Popular Force) outpost which guarded the bridge at rear, stands barefoot in a muddy paddy field. Dur
Using a felled tree as a bridge and holding a wire rope strung across the river, an unidentified member of 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), negotiates a crossing of the Song Rai duri
Song Rai, South Vietnam. 1967-10. Two amphibious armoured personnel carriers (APC) of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, parked on the beach at the mouth of the river. They were awaiting the air delivery
