Royal Australian platoon sergeant removes Viet Cong tunnel cover
Item
- derivative filename/jpeg
- 363-02953.jpg
- Digital Object Identifier
- 363-02953
- Title
- Royal Australian platoon sergeant removes Viet Cong tunnel cover
- Description
- Original caption: "A Royal Australian platoon sergeant removes sand-filled aluminum dishpan that was used by the Viet Cong to hide the entrance to a supply tunnel. The tunnel, about ten feet deep, had documents, clothing and equipment. The hole was found when a soldier was detailed to dig a refuse hole. His first strike hit the rim of the wash pan, 'Which gave him quite a start,' said his company commander." Australian soldier kneeling in a forest, lifting a lid from a tunnel.
- Date
- 1965-1968, approximately
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Soldiers; Australia. Australian Army; Tunnels; Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam
- Location
- South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 10.8231; 106.6297
- Size
- 6 x 10 cm
- Container
- B147, F8
- Format
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Collection Number
- MS 363
- Collection Title
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- Australia. Australian Army
- Collector
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Copyright Information
- These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections
- extracted text
- Item sets
- Keever
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