During Operation Clayton, helicopter gun-ships of the RAN Helicopter Flight supported the 1st Australian Task Force in a search-and-screen operation at the village of Long Dien, Vietnam. More than 5337 people were screened in a search for Viet Cong sympathisers. This was one of the first Australian Army-RAN combined operations in the war.
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1968
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