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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-08. A SINGLE FILE PATROL MOVES CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH A WET, MUDDY, JUNGLE CLEARING DURING OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH WEST, IN AN AREA KNOWN TO HAVE HARBOURED AN ENEMY ENGINEER BATTALION. THE PATROL IS LED BY PRIVATE MICHAEL HOWARD, 21, FROM MT. GRAVATT, QLD, A SOLDIER OF A COMPANY, 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR).
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Even at rest a patrol must maintain constant vigilance. Machine gunner Private Michael Howard of Mt Gravatt, Qld, is a soldier of A Company, 8th Battali
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Checking a map before calling down mortar fire is Private Brian Ives of Brighton, Qld (front), and Corporal Christopher St Clair of Glen Innes, NSW. The
South Vietnam. 1970-01. A patrol from the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), moves through the mottled light of a rubber plantation in southern Long Khanh Province. Leading the patro
Section Commander Corporal (Cpl) John Yule, 26, from Whyalla, SA, moves cautiously through thick jungle in the north west of Phuoc Tuy Province, during operations designed to clear large areas of jung
Weapons bristle as soldiers of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cover their forward scout as he moves across an opening in the jungle. Identified: Private Michael Howard
South Vietnam. 1970-01. Soldiers on patrol from the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), force their way through thick jungle, during Operation Atherton, in southern Long Khanh Provinc
