Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Captain Viv Morgan of Three Springs, WA, speaks with a ...

Accession Number THU/68/0133/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Thurgar, Kevin Denham
Date made 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Captain Viv Morgan of Three Springs, WA, speaks with a Vietnamese interpreter, while other villagers watch on, at Trang Bom village, where more than 100 houses were destroyed after an attack by the Viet Cong during Operation Coburg. Captain Morgan's unit, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), was helping other Task Force troops to erect new dwellings for the homeless.

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