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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Barrier Minefield
... Barrier Minefield... anti personnel mines buried in the 'Barrier' minefield from... buried in the 'Barrier' minefield from the village of Dat Do ...A coloured Photograph of a specially constructed 'up armoured' Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) being used to explode anti personnel mines buried in the 'Barrier' minefield from the village of Dat Do to the sea, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Each driver only spent and hour in the APC.photograph, apc, 3rd cavalry regiment, dat do, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, M16A Anti-Personnel Mine
... Barrier Minefield... Mine used in the 'Barrier Minefield' from Dat Do to the sea... Mine Barrier Minefield Dat Do Gibbons Collection Catalogue NVA ...A black and white photograph of the M16A Anti-Personnel Mine used in the 'Barrier Minefield' from Dat Do to the sea, to prevent NVA/VietCong infiltration into the hills east of the 1 ATF base at Nui Dat. The mines were regularly stolen from the minefield and used against 1 ATF units (February 1967)photograph, 1 atf, nui dat, m16a anti personnel mine, barrier minefield, dat do, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lockhart, Greg, The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in Vietnam (Copy 2)
... construct an 11 kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing ...In 1967, Brigadier Stuart Graham issued the calamitous oder: First Australian Task Force would construct an 11 kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing over 20,000 powerful M16 landmines in Phuoc Tuy Province, southern Vietnam. The purpose of the 'barrier' was to separate and to shield the majority of the population in the south-west province from his enemy's regular forces in the north and east.In 1967, Brigadier Stuart Graham issued the calamitous oder: First Australian Task Force would construct an 11 kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing over 20,000 powerful M16 landmines in Phuoc Tuy Province, southern Vietnam. The purpose of the 'barrier' was to separate and to shield the majority of the population in the south-west province from his enemy's regular forces in the north and east.australia. army. australian task force (vietnam), land mines -- phuoc tuy (vietnam : province), m16 landmines, brigadier stuart graham, phuoc tuy province, operation leeton, operation pinaroo, first australian task force -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lockhart, Greg, The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in Vietnam (Copy 1)
... kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing over 20,000 ...In 1967, Brigadier Stuart Graham issued the calamitous oder: First Australian Task Force would construct an 11 kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing over 20,000 powerful M16 landmines in Phuoc Tuy Province, southern Vietnam. The purpose of the 'barrier' was to separate and to shield the majority of the population in the south-west province from his enemy's regular forces in the north and east.In 1967, Brigadier Stuart Graham issued the calamitous oder: First Australian Task Force would construct an 11 kilometre 'barrier fence and minefield' containing over 20,000 powerful M16 landmines in Phuoc Tuy Province, southern Vietnam. The purpose of the 'barrier' was to separate and to shield the majority of the population in the south-west province from his enemy's regular forces in the north and east.australia. army. australian task force (vietnam), land mines -- phuoc tuy (vietnam : province), first australian task force, m16 landmines, phuoc tuy province, brigadier stuart graham, operation leeton, operation pinaroo