The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 from the grenades thrown in by Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) scouts to "frag" out a VC who shot and threw grenades at them, 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 a hamlet in the Phu Cat area and demanding food from the villagers.
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. His feet are at the entrance to the bunker, concealed by a dense
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
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 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
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.
