Cap Saint Jacques, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1966-05. General William C. Westmoreland walks across ...

Accession Number P02811.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Towler, Brien
Date made May 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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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)