The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LONG HAI HILLS, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-08. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS INVOLVED IN A LAND CLEARING OPERATION IN SOUTHERN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE TAKE A BREAK TO WATCH A SPECTACULAR AIR STRIKE ON A SUSPECTED ENEMY POSITION ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES AWAY IN THE LONG HAI HILLS. USING AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) AS A GRANDSTAND THE AUSTRALIANS WATCH AS A BOMB FROM A U.S. FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SLAMS INTO THE ROCKY HILLS, FOR A LONG TIME A VIET CONG STRONGHOLD. THE LONG HAIS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO HEAVY BOMBARDMENT FROM LAND, SEA AND AIR.
South Vietnam. 1969-07. A Centurion tank from B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, is refuelled from rubber fuel bladders near the Long Hai hills about seven miles south of the 1st Australian Task Force
Bombardment of the Long Hai hills south of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, Vietnam, was a fore-runner to Operation Pinnaroo by troops of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian R
The view from a No 9 Squadron, RAAF, UH-1H Iroquois helicopter (number 379), as it circles above a Viet Cong stronghold in the Long Hai Hills. The stronghold was hit by an air strike in an attempt to
Hue, South Vietnam. 1969-10. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Lester Bootes of Villawood, NSW (formerly of Orange, NSW), takes a break from operating his armoured personnel carrier (APC) to discuss a poi
Lang Phuoc Hai, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Private Walter Lugg of Lane Cove, NSW, and Lance Corporal Larry Wakeham of Sefton, NSW, instruct Vietnamese Regional Force (RF) soldiers in the workings of a Cl
Lang Phuoc Hai, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Sergeant Des Cochrane of Virginia, Qld, and Private Robert Davidson of Dee Why, NSW, with the aid of an interpreter instruct Vietnamese Regional Force (RF) sold
