The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. This prisoner told Jimmy Sinh that he wanted to quit the VC and go to the government's "Open Arms" program, after (PRU) scouts had thrown a grenade into a bunker to "frag" out the third VC hiding inside, refusing to surrender. 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.
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
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
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
The entrance to the bunker, in which three Viet Cong (VC) guerillas live, concealed by a dense clump of bamboo grown deliberately as camouflage and protection. The smoke rising from the entrance is fr
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
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
