On 6 March 1968, medical personnel from the Blackhorse Base Camp, protected
by ACAV's from one of the troops, were to conduct a medical clinic in a
village a few miles from the base camp. Capt. Whitehouse was on one of the
ACAV's, going along as an intelligence observer. The convoy was hit by a
command detonated mine and an ambush in which Capt. Whitehouse and one other
trooper were killed.
On 6 March 1968, medical personnel from the Blackhorse Base Camp, protected
by ACAV's from one of the troops, were to conduct a medical clinic in a
village a few miles from the base camp. Capt. Whitehouse was on one of the
ACAV's, going along as an intelligence observer. The convoy was hit by a
command detonated mine and an ambush in which Capt. Whitehouse and one other
trooper were killed.
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