W3 Company - Index of Photographs

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Coy Photo 1969      1Pl       2Pl       3Pl     Coy HQ     mortars & support elements
examples of operational terrain & typical visibility fire support bases
general operations Nui Dat life in Nui Dat between Ops
people relaxing Vung Tau & other breaks helicopter types
Nui Dat 2005 reunions final BBQ Nov 1970
  family story index exit Vietnam
Terendak Life service story index Nee Soon Garrison

 

types of terrain encountered in Phuoc Tuy Province - the APC give a scale perspective
rolling grassland up to 2 metres in height - hot & difficult to walk through [Binning] damaged secondary jungle - made for slow foot movement & poor visibility [Binning
view from coastal mountains down across the flatlands [Binning greatest part of the AO was flatland with few navigational features [Binning
close country with loads of cover for ambushes - look carefully, there are at least two people in the open, plus loads of equipment [Young] Wolverton or Nui Dinh Mountains - Baria town & main road to Saigon bottom right [Young]
disused padi fields in the dry season (November - May) - little tactical cover or protection [Young] padi fields in the wet season (May - November) - avoided operationally where possible [Young]
flat sandy terrain inland from the coast [Young] jungle bashing by APC - troops on top for observation & rapid deployment [Binning]
primary jungle - the preferred operational environment [Binning] typical view of operations around the base of the mountains showing the typical intermingling of different terrain which required tactical formations to be changed frequently [Binning]

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Operating in the Bush - Examples of Visibility
low visibility, deep shadow bomb crater has disturbed the vegetation, made the edges very rough to traverse
crowded & difficult to move through or observe any distance in appearance open, but with lots of cover & different angles of observation
   
Graham Edwards 2Pl moving in the bush [Philips] the going changes constantly from open to close to dense to rough to open & so on
only limited movement possible, the dense sides of the track almost defy anyone to leave the track [Roger Greenaway moving slowly..] people blend in easily through use of shade & lack of movement

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