Accession Number | P02811.003 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Towler, Brien |
Date made | May 1966 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Cap Saint Jacques, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1966-05. General William C. Westmoreland walks across ...
Description
Cap Saint Jacques, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1966-05. General William C. Westmoreland walks across the flight deck of the troop carrier HMAS Sydney, having just alighted from a US Army helicopter UH-1B 'Charlie Brown'. 244 Major General Kenneth Mackay is about to leave the helicopter and another helicopter hovers in the background. The helicopter has the insignia of a mortarboard painted on its nose. (Donor B. Towler)