National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
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Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011)
Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of the Australian Army Landing Craft 'Vernon Sturdie' moving into the congested Saigon-Long Binh dock to unload American tanks and other vital war equipment for the South Vietnamese Army. The docks area was constantly cluttered with shipping unloading war materials.photograph, australialanding craft vernon sturdie, saigon, long binh, south vietnam army, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war