SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-01-18. COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM, ...

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number COM/69/0026/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Combe, David Reginald
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-01-18. COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM, GENERAL CREIGHTON ABRAMS (SECOND FROM RIGHT) AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE, DIGGERS REST, TALKS WITH SERGEANT STUART KEYS OF GREENWICH, NSW (LEFT), THE MORTAR PLATOON SERGEANT OF THE 9TH BATTALION THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (9RAR). LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALAN L. MORRISON OF WOODSIDE, SA (RIGHT), AND MAJOR DON ANSTEY OF SYDNEY, NSW (CENTRE), ACCOMPANIED GENERAL ABRAMS DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AFTER TAKING COMMAND OF THE US FORCES IN 1968-07.