Accession Number | JON/70/0418/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Jones, Michael John |
Date made | 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
South Vietnam. June 1970. Trooper Bob MacIntosh of Mt Gambier, SA, sends a stream of mud into the ...
Description
South Vietnam. June 1970. Trooper Bob MacIntosh of Mt Gambier, SA, sends a stream of mud into the air as he tries to reverse his vehicle, call sign 86B, from a swamp after it became bogged. The armoured personnel carrier (APC) is from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, which was taking part in an operation with the Xuyen Moc Regional Force Company on a jungle patrol east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.