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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW, carrying a mortar gun calls a halt during a sweep through bombed out jungle after a bloody battle in the Long Hai mountains during Operation Hamersley. His company, B Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), together with other units of the Battalion, supported by armour, fought an estimated company of hard-core Viet Cong (VC) for a number of days in the mountains. The area was pounded by air strikes including a raid by giant B52 bomber aircraft, naval bombardment from HMAS Vendetta and artillery fire. Twenty nine bodies of dead VC have been found to date.
Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW (right), and Aboriginal serviceman 1201998 Lance Corporal Richard Herbert 'Dick' Bligh of Windsor, Qld, 'take five' before commencing a sear
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 18 FEBRUARY 1970. PRIVATE LES COOGINS, 26, OF TOOWOOMBA, QLD, MOVES WARILY THROUGH THE JUNGLE NEAR A VIET CONG (VC) BUNKER SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE DURI
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 9 MARCH 1970. THE RESULT OF A SWEEP THROUGH THE RUGGED LONG HAI MOUNTAINS DURING OPERATION HAMERSLEY. THE ENEMY WEAPONS WERE FOUND BY 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUS
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Private (Pte) Darrell Hook of Redcliffe, Qld, passes out a Mosin-Nagant Carbine rifle from enemy weapons cache in a cave in the Long Hai mountains
Australian soldiers pause on a rock ledge during their sweep of a section of the Long Hai mountains to survey the ground below during Operation Hammersley. The area was the scene of a bitter battle be
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. c. 9 March 1970. Private (Pte) Crabb, Corporal Burton and Pte Onrust examine a captured 12 gauge shot gun while Pte Marrow looks on; Pte Gillis is bent over examinin
