LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. PRIVATE DAVID J. COLLINS GUARDS A CAPTURED VIET CONG FOUND ...

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number FOR/66/0659/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Date made 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. PRIVATE DAVID J. COLLINS GUARDS A CAPTURED VIET CONG FOUND HIDING ON THE BATTLE FIELD BY DELTA COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), AFTER THE COMPANY RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF ITS HEROIC LONE STAND AGAINST A CRACK NORTH VIETNAMESE BATTALION. MORE THAN 200 ENEMY DEAD WERE COUNTED IN THE AREA.