A line of walk-in reefer (refrigerator) boxes at the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan ...

Accession Number P02335.023
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Holford, David Edward
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon
Date made 30 January 1971
Conflict Period 1970-1979
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A line of walk-in reefer (refrigerator) boxes at the United States Army Mortuary complex at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. The boxes were used for storing the dead bodies or partial remains of deceased American and allied soldiers prior to autopsy and embalming. (Original 35mm half-frame transparency held in AWM Archive Store)

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