The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. THE COMMANDER, US MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, GENERAL WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND (CENTRE), INSPECTS CAPTURED COMMUNIST WEAPONS DURING A FAREWELL VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) BALMORAL, IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE. GENERAL WESTMORELAND ARRIVED ONLY A FEW HOURS AFTER THE AUSTRALIANS HAD BEEN HEAVILY ATTACKED BY ROCKETS AND MORTARS BY AN ESTIMATED TWO NORTH VIETNAMESE BATTALIONS WHICH SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES AND LOST A LARGE QUANTITY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
The Commander, US Military Assistance Command, General William C. Westmoreland (left), speaks with Private E (Ted) Farrands of Bellevue, WA (right), a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Reg
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. The Commander, US Military Assistance Command, General William C. Westmoreland, meets Major Geoff Cameron of Downer, ACT, intelligence officer for the 1st Au
General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, speaks with members of 1 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), about an
General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command (left), speaks with the Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lieutenant Colonel Jim Shelt
General (Gen) William Childs Westmoreland, Commander US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, pays a farewell visit to Australian troops in Bien Hoa province. The Australians had inflicted heavy casual
General (Gen) William Childs Westmoreland, Commander US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, speaks to an unidentified Australian soldier, with moustache, during a farewell visit to Australian troops
