Hanoi, Vietnam, 1985-02. Australian cameraman Neil Davis at the War Museum standing beside tank ...

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Accession Number P00508.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Unknown
Conflict Period 1980-1989
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Hanoi, Vietnam, 1985-02. Australian cameraman Neil Davis at the War Museum standing beside tank No. 843, a Chinese manufactured Type 59 version of the Soviet T54 tank, and the first tank to smash through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon on 1975-04-30. Only Neil Davis's camera captured this image which for the North Vietnamese symbolised their moment of victory.