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An Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldier holding a 105mm artillery shell and cable that had been used by Viet Cong (VC) guerillas as a road mine. During a cordon and search operation, a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) captured two Viet Cong who tried to escape. The PRU then conducted a search of the immediate area in which they had been hiding, discovering the beginning of a cable and a battery, indicating that a command detonated mine had been laid. The cable was followed for 150 metres to the artillery shell which had been buried in the middle of a dirt road. The PRU, led by Warrant Officer Class 1 E. B. Ostara, Australian Army Training Team (AATTV), conducted this cordon and search operation after receiving intelligence that VC guerillas were operating from a hamlet in the Phu Cat area, and demanding food from the villagers.
One of two captured Viet Cong (VC) guerilla's who ran into a hamlet during a cordon and search operation by the Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts near the Phu Cat area. The PRU, led by Warra
Smoke rising from the entrance to a hide used by three Viet Cong (VC) guerillas after Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts had thrown in a grenade to "frag" out the VC still hiding inside, who
A captured Viet Cong (VC) guerilla leading Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts to the hide where he and two other VC lived, about 1500 metres into the jungle, near a hamlet in the Phu Cat area
Jimmy Sinh, an interpreter for the Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) standing with one of two Viet Cong (VC) prisoners captured during a cordon and search operation of a hamlet in the Phu Cat area.
A captured Viet Cong (VC) guerilla and Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts standing in front of the hide where three Viet Cong guerillas lived, about 1500 metres into the jungle from a hamlet
Two Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts moving toward a hamlet in the Phu Cat area. The PRU, led by Warrant Officer Class 1 E. B. (Ossie) Ostara, Australian Army Training Team (AATTV), conduct
