WAR/70/0401/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0401/VN

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Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Captain (Capt) Wally Sheppherd of Coburg, Vic, discusses the layout of a night ambush with the Commander of Regional Force Company 203 and his platoon commanders. Capt Sheppherd is the leader of the Night Operations Advisory Team (NOAT) made up of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers who are retraining the local Regional Force soldiers in the Delta region for night ambush as part of a pilot project. The platoon commanders are sitting on wooden crates full of equipment and supplies.

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Accession Number
WAR/70/0401/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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