South Korea. c. 1951. Australian Vickers machine gunners of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

Accession Number HOBJ2064
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made South Korea
Date made c February 1951
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

South Korea. c. 1951. Australian Vickers machine gunners of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), suspend firing and cool their gun as a US P51 Mustang lays its deadly napalm projectile on the ridge held by the Communists which the Australians had been spraying a few second before. These Australians have been engaging their target in grim earnest. Note the .303 cases heaped around the tripod.