BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. A ROCKET PROPELLED GUN IS LINED UP BY PRIVATE JOHN ...

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Accession Number CRO/68/0086/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Crothers, Richard William
Date made 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. A ROCKET PROPELLED GUN IS LINED UP BY PRIVATE JOHN PETTIGROVE OF BLACKBURN SOUTH, VIC, WHILE A ROCKET IS HELD BY D COMPANY COMMANDER MAJOR DON PATERSON OF GREENSBOROUGH, VIC, DURING OPERATION COBURG. D COMPANY CAPTURED THE RUSSIAN-MADE ROCKET LAUNCHER FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL AMBUSH ON A JUNGLE TRACK IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE, TWENTY MILES NORTH-EAST OF SAIGON. ANOTHER SOLDIER WATCHES IN THE BACKGROUND.