SOUTH VIETNAM: FLAG RAISING CEREMONY BY FOUR ALLIED NATIONS.

Record ID: 343089

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: FLAG RAISING CEREMONY BY FOUR ALLIED NATIONS.
  • Date: 11th February 1966
  • Summary: 1. LS FOUR CALLED TROOP COMMANDERS 0.14 2. CU PAN COMMANDERS 0.16 3. MS VIETNAM TROOPS SALUTE 0.21 4. MS NZ BATTERY SALUTES 0.23 5. MS AUSTRALIAN SALUTES 0.25 6. MS US 173RD AIRBORNE SALUTES 0.27 7. LS PARADE PANNING L-R 0.44 8. MS NZ, AUSTRALIAN, US AND UP TO FLAG POLE (3 SHOTS) 0.54 9. LS 105MM HOWITZER FIRES
  • Embargoed: 26th February 1966 12:00
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  • Location: BIEN HOA SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVAD1BNNUEPD9H2TZIF7LA0WBQAC
  • Story Text: TROOPS OF FOUR NATIONS ENGAGED IN THE VIETNAM WAR - AUSTRALIANS, AMERICANS, NEW ZEALANDERS AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE - TOOK PART IN A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY NEAR THE BIEN HOA AIRBASE, NEAR SAIGON THIS WEEK.

    COLOURS OF THE FOUR NATIONS WERE HOISTED, 105MM HOWITZERS FIRED IN SALUTE AND HELICOPTERS FLEW PAST IN TRIBUTE TO THE ONLY FOUR-NATION ALLIED AIRBORNE UNIT IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
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