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Infantry troops boarding a helicopter, c1970

A New Zealand infantry patrol boards a helicopter of No. 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at a Fire Support Base in South Vietnam, 1971.

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  • Anti-Vietnam War protest at Parliament
    Vietnam War
  • Sound: Normandy from the air on D-Day
    Royal New Zealand Air Force

Keywords

vietnam war
Credit

Imperial War Museum
Collection no.: 7210-08, photo number MH 16980

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Posted: 17 Nov 2008

Note there is some disagreement over the Imperial War Museum's caption for this image - see discussion on VietnamWar.govt.nz According to this, the power pylons and some clues about the helicopter suggest this might have been taken at Waiouru military camp.