The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers based at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My had been granted the privilege of wearing the Vietnamese Ranger insignia on their shirt sleeves. The honour is one in which the Vietnamese take considerable pride in giving and has to be approved by the Ranger Command in Saigon. According to Warrant Officer Class 2 Wayne Shennon of Mt Gravatt, Qld, an adviser, the insignia stemmed from Duc My being in an area frequented by tigers and a tiger shaped geographical feature which stands out from the mountains overlooking the Ranger Training Centre.
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers based at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My had been granted the privilege of wearing the Vietnamese Ranger
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Wayne Shennon of Mt Gravatt, Qld (left), explains the intricacies of a booby trap in a mock Viet Cong village at the Ranger Training C
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Having learnt the ropes on a rappelling tower at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My, 300 miles north-east of Saigon, Vietnamese Rangers further their training wit
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Ron Lennon of Singleton, NSW (right), and a Vietnamese instructor at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My, 300 miles north-east of Sai
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. A Vietnamese Ranger prods his way into a hut in a mock Viet Cong village at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My, 300 miles north-east of Saigon. The village is one
Duc My, South Vietnam. August 1971. Advising on the techniques of capturing a prisoner during a training attack on a mock Viet Cong village at the Ranger Training Centre at Duc My, 300 miles north-eas
