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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 18 FEBRUARY 1970. PRIVATE LES COOGINS, 26, OF TOOWOOMBA, QLD, MOVES WARILY THROUGH THE JUNGLE NEAR A VIET CONG (VC) BUNKER SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE DURING OPERATION HAMERSLEY. LES WAS CARRYING OUT A RECONNAISSANCE BEFORE HIS UNIT, B COMPANY OF 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), MOVED IN TO CHECK OUT AND DESTROY THE BUNKERS SITUATED IN THE LONG HAI MOUNTAINS. THE AREA WAS THE SCENE OF A BITTER FIGHT BETWEEN TROOPS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) AND AN ESTIMATED HARD-CORE COMPANY OF VC ON 15 FEBRUARY 1970. FOR DAYS THE MOUNTAINS WERE POUNDED BY AIR-STRIKES, INCLUDING A RAID BY GIANT B-52 BOMBER AIRCRAFT, NAVAL BOMBARDMENT BY HMAS VENDETTA AND ARTILLERY FIRE. TO DATE, TWENTY NINE DEAD ENEMY BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW, carrying a mortar gun calls a halt during a sweep through bombed out jungle after a bl
Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW (right), and Aboriginal serviceman 1201998 Lance Corporal Richard Herbert 'Dick' Bligh of Windsor, Qld, 'take five' before commencing a sear
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Sapper (Spr) Paul Scott of Beverley Hills, NSW, gives his M16 automatic rifle a thorough cleaning before B Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Aust
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 9 MARCH 1970. THE RESULT OF A SWEEP THROUGH THE RUGGED LONG HAI MOUNTAINS DURING OPERATION HAMERSLEY. THE ENEMY WEAPONS WERE FOUND BY 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUS
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Private (Pte) Darrell Hook of Redcliffe, Qld, passes out a Mosin-Nagant Carbine rifle from enemy weapons cache in a cave in the Long Hai mountains
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. c. 9 March 1970. Private (Pte) Crabb, Corporal Burton and Pte Onrust examine a captured 12 gauge shot gun while Pte Marrow looks on; Pte Gillis is bent over examinin
