File:8RAR soldier during Operation Hammersley, February 1970.jpg
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English: Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW, carrying a mortar gun calls a halt during a sweep through bombed out jungle after a bloody battle in the Long Hai mountains during Operation Hamersley. His company, B Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), together with other units of the Battalion, supported by armour, fought an estimated company of hard-core Viet Cong (VC) for a number of days in the mountains. The area was pounded by air strikes including a raid by giant B52 bomber aircraft, naval bombardment from HMAS Vendetta and artillery fire. Twenty nine bodies of dead VC have been found to date. |
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