Colonel Robert Hennessy as the captain Officer Commanding B Company, later Intelligence Officer, 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), South Vietnam 1968-1969, recorded for Lex McAulay

Place Asia: Vietnam, Bien Hoa Province, Fire Support Base Coral
Accession Number S03178
Collection type Sound
Measurement 47 min 16 sec
Object type Memoir
Physical description audio cassette; SONY HF-S60; mono
Maker Hennessy, Robert
Date made 1986
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Hennessy speaks of his role in the defence of Fire Support Base Coral, in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, during May 1968.

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