1.
LS MOBILE PATROL
5 1/2 ft

2.
MCU SOLDIERS IN ARMED CARS
7 ft

3.
- DO. -
11 ft

4.
LS ARMED CARS ON ROAD
13 ft

5.
MS WOMEN AT INQUIRY (2 SHOTS)
23 ft

6.
MS LEADER OF PATROL
25 1/2 ft

7.
MS MACHINE GUN & SENTRY
27 ft

8.
LS SOLDIERS INTO TRUCKS
29 1/2 ft

9.
LS SOLDIERS ON FOOT & IN CAR (4 SHOTS)
41 ft



Initials VTS/S/MK/GAP/AMR



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Background: ARMOURED CARS WHICH WERE ONCE USED IN THE EMERGENCY IN MALAYA ARE NOW BEING USED IN SOUTH VIETNAM TO PATROL THE ROADS AND PROTECT THE TRAFFIC FROM COMMUNIST VIET CONG.

THE ARMOURED CARS GIVEN BY THE MALAYAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP THE SOUTH VIETNAM GOVERNMENT FIGHT THE WAR AGAINST THE VIET CONG ARE PATROLLING A HIGHWAY WHICH WAS RECENTLY MOLESTED BY VIET CONGS.

DURING ONE OF THE PATROLS, THE TROOPS CAME ACROSS A GROUP OF VILLAGERS, BULK OF THEM WOMEN, PROTESTING AGAINST MOBILISATION AND MOPPING UP OPERATIONS. AN OLD WOMAN WANTED HER SON RELEASED FROM THE ARMY.

THE PATROL LEADER ARRESTED SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATING WOMEN AND INVESTIGATED THEM. IT WAS SAID THESE VILLAGERS WERE INSTIGATED BY THE VIET CONG TO PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT MEASURES.