BUON BRIENG, DARLAC PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1964. AIR AMERICA AIRCRAFT (3277P) TAKEN AT BUON ...

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Accession Number P00239.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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BUON BRIENG, DARLAC PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1964. AIR AMERICA AIRCRAFT (3277P) TAKEN AT BUON BRING. LEFT TO RIGHT: 13668 CAPTAIN ARTHUR BARRY (BARRY) PETERSEN OF SARINA, QLD, COLONEL (RETIRED) LOU CONIEN (U.S. CIA), MR STUART (STU) METHUEN (U.S. CIA), CAPTAIN VERNON GILLESPIE (USSF), COMMANDER OF THE US SPECIAL FORCES `A' TEAM. CAPT BARRY PETERSEN SERVED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRAINING TEAM VIETNAM (AATTV), AND DURING THIS PERIOD HE SPENT OVER TWO YEARS WITH THE MONTAGNARD'S TRUONG SON FORCE, TRAINING AND LEADING THEM.

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