VIET CONG GRENADES EXTRACTED FROM A BOOBY TRAP IN A ROAD AFTER BEING FOUND BY MINE DETECTORS. ...

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number P01595.046
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker MacGregor, Alexander Hugh 'Sandy'
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made c 1965
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

VIET CONG GRENADES EXTRACTED FROM A BOOBY TRAP IN A ROAD AFTER BEING FOUND BY MINE DETECTORS. THEY WERE TRIGGERED BY A STRING AND COMPRISED THREE FRICTION IGNITED, INSTANTANEOUS FUSE, STICK GRENADES. NOTE THE AUSTRALIAN PATTERN GAITERS AND THE ANKLE BOOTS WORN BY THE MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.

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