The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-11-13. A Chinook helicopter approaches a heli-pad at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province, with a heavy load of signals communication equipment slung beneath it. Three australian air despatchers wait on the ground to guide and direct the helicopter to a pallet-type platform onto which the signals equipment will be gently lowered.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Private Neil Edwards of Taree, NSW, assisted by Sergeant Alby (Dinger) Bell of Windsor, NSW, hook on a bulldozer for airlifting onto a US Army Chinook he
South Vietnam. 1968-08. Lance Corporal Peter Woodward of Willagee, WA (left), and Private Brian Spurway of Byron Bay, NSW, prepare a load of ammunition for slinging beneath a Chinook helicopter. They
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Radio operator, Gunner John Lynch of Wellington, NSW, grimaces as a US Army Chinook helicopter flings dust as it lifts off with a bulldozer suspended ben
An American CH-47 Chinook helicopter hovers above the ground at Dat Do airfield with a field gun slung as a load. 35838 Captain Brian Edward Johnson (centre left), 101st Battery, signals the Chinook p
Troopers load barbed wire onto their armoured personnel carrier (APC) to build defences around Fire Support Base (FSB) Lion during Operation Capital, a reconnaissance in force in the Thua Tich area of
South Vietnam. 1967. Aboard HMAS Sydney, troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wait to board Chinook helicopters from the 147th Assault Support Helicopter Company based at V
