| Accession Number | S03293 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; brand unknown; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; mono; 6 inch; 7 inch |
| Maker |
Ford, Darrell Colin Bradbury, David |
| Date made | 17 February 1978 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
| Source credit to | AWM Research Grants Scheme |
Darrell Colin Ford as a photographer Australian Army Intelligence Corps Headquarters Australian Force, South Vietnam 1966, interviewed by David Bradbury
Description
Ford speaks of his arrival in Saigon; the disproportionate number of helicopters between United States and Australian forces; obtaining his cameras; equipment he carried in the field; Saigon as the hub of information and corruption; journalists and Viet Cong in Saigon bars; Horst Fass and Pat Burgess as photographers; Australian soldiers being vilified as the 'Queen's hired murderers'; retaining prints of Australian casualties in the Battle of Long Tan.
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