P02335.010
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P02335.007 Accession Number: P02335.007
Description
A body bag containing the dead body or partial remains of a soldier lies on a stretcher in a reefer (refrigerator) box at the entrance to the In-Processing Section of the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. With a capacity of 1,800 cubic feet, the reefer box was used to store human remains until mortuary staff had time to deal with them. The US Army Mortuary had five such storage boxes to enable it to cope with sudden upsurges in the numbers of fatal casualties. The In-Processing Section housed the x-ray room, the autopsy room and the preparation or embalming room. (Original 35mm half-frame transparency held in AWM Archive Store)
Details
Accession Number
P02335.007
Photographer
David Edward Holford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm (half-frame)
Support: Acetate
Support: Acetate
Date Made
29 January 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM copyright
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