The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. JUNE 1970. OPERATION CUNG CHUNG (TOGETHERNESS) WAS TAKEN LITERALLY BY SOME AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS TAKING PART IN THE OPERATION AIMED AT THE PROTECTION OF THE POPULATED AREAS ALONG ROUTE 15. PRIVATE DARRYL BLACKWELL, A SOLDIER OF THE 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), FROM COOPERS PLAINS, QLD, AND A SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL POLICEMAN, EXAMINE EACH OTHER'S WEAPONS WHILE RESTING AFTER A VILLAGE SEARCH. AUSTRALIANS FROM THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) BASE AT NUI DAT AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARE NOW WORKING IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION IN MANY OPERATIONS.
Private (Pte) Dennis Moss of Kilsyth, Vic, on guard with an M60 machine gun during a cordon and search of Ap Bac, a hamlet about a mile south of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. Pte M
South Vietnam. June 1970. A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) keeps watch while on patrol in the jungle during Operation Cung Chung.
South Vietnam. June 1970. A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) keeps watch while on patrol in the jungle during Operation Cung Chung.
South Vietnam. June 1970. Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) depart from the beach after alighting from Iroquois helicopters during Operation Cung Chung.
South Vietnam. June 1970. Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) depart from the beach after alighting from Iroquois helicopters during Operation Cung Chung.
South Vietnam. c. 19 June 1970. Two soldiers from Victoria practice firing a 90mm recoiless anti tank weapon at Fire Support Base Tess, the operational base for 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion c
