CUN/71/0019/VN Accession Number: CUN/71/0019/VN

Description

South Vietnam. January 1971. Australian troops unearthed a Viet Cong jungle workshop, complete with large quantities of tools and equipment. Surveying the haul is Sergeant Jim Woodhouse of Swanburne, WA. Experts say the captured gear indicated that the area was a guerilla workshop for producing mines and boobytraps. Captured weapons included rockets, mortars, explosives and operative weapons.

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Accession Number
CUN/71/0019/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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