HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-07. COMPANY COOKS, CORPORAL O'BRIEN (LEFT) ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Horseshoe Hill
Accession Number P01634.021
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-07. COMPANY COOKS, CORPORAL O'BRIEN (LEFT) AND SERGEANT JOHN SAXBY, STANDING BESIDE THE WATER POINT FOR C COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), AT THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB). THE SIGN REFLECTS THE NEGATIVE VIEW THAT OPERATIONAL TROOPS, "THE WORKERS", HAD OF "POGOS", THE SUPPORT TROOPS IN BASE CAMPS.