The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A series of examination tables, some stainless steel and some enamel, stand in line in the autopsy room of the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. The room was used to carry out post-mortem examinations on the dead bodies or partial remains of deceased American and allied soldiers. Tiles cover the floor of the room and the lower half of the walls. Lying on the floor in the background is a hose which is used to wash the table surfaces and floor after an examination. (Original 35mm half-frame transparency held in AWM Archive Store)
A line of walk-in reefer (refrigerator) boxes at the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. The boxes were used for storing the dead bodies or partial remains of deceased America
Body bags containing the dead bodies or partial remains of deceased American or allied soldiers lie stacked up on stands in a reefer (refrigerator) box at the entrance to the In-Processing Section of
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 c
Large tanks containing embalming fluid stand beside the Embalming and Autopsy building within the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. (Original 35mm half-frame transparency he
With identification (ID) labels or tags attached to them, the charred partial remains of dead bodies lie on examination tables in the Central Identification Laboratory of the In-Processing Section of
The Embalming Room in the In-Processing Section of the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. Special embalming tables, each with a 15-gallon drum of arterial and cavity fluid st