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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 in the Phu Cat area. Seconds after this photograph was taken, the VC guerilla hiding in the bunker started shooting and throwing grenades, refusing to surrender. The PRU, led by Warrant Officer Class 1 E. B. (Ossie) Ostara, Australian Army Training Team (AATTV), conducted this cordon and search operation after receiving intelligence that VC guerillas were operating from the hamlet, demanding food from the villagers.
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
The body of a dead Viet Cong (VC) soldier, having been dragged from the bunker where he was hiding, by the rope attached to his wrist. Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts had to throw grenades
A captured Viet Cong (VC) guerilla who threw a grenade at Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts, as they conducted a cordon and search of a hamlet near the Phu Cat area. After throwing the grena
The body of a dead Viet Cong (VC) soldier, having been dragged from the bunker where he was hiding, by the rope attached to his wrist. Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts had to throw grenades
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
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
