The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. As US Army Iroquois helicopters swoop in to pick up members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base, Private Doug Poole of Athol Park, SA, maintains radio contact with the pilots. The troops were being lifted south of the Task Force Base to the Long Hai Hills, where Operation Pinnaroo was underway.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Troops from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), move into waiting US Army Iroquois helicopters at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. They were
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Troops from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), hurry into waiting US Army Iroquois helicopters at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Da
Radio Operator 61512 Private Douglas Ian 'Doug' Poole of Athol Park, SA, speaks on his field wireless set to pilots of US Army Iroquois helicopters waiting to lift troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Roy
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Iroquois helicopters line up along Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, before lifting troops from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Aust
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. 'Pathfinder' Corporal Ivan Sinclair of Dorrigo, NSW, directs the landing of Iroquois helicopters onto the Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Waiting to be heli-lifted from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base for the beginning of Operation Pinnaroo is Private Graham Bagnell of Cleveland, SA. Hi
