THAILAND: VOLUNTEERS FOR VIETNAM CONFLICT RECEIVES COLOURS FROM KING DURING CELEBRATIONS MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF CORONATION

Record ID: 588388

  • Title: THAILAND: VOLUNTEERS FOR VIETNAM CONFLICT RECEIVES COLOURS FROM KING DURING CELEBRATIONS MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF CORONATION
  • Date: 8th May 1967
  • Summary: 1. MS THEIR MAJESTIES RECEIVING GIFTS FROM GIRLS (FIVE SHOTS) 0.12 2. MS PREMIER KITTIKACHORN 0.14 3. LS THEIR MAJESTIES OUT OF EMERALD BUDDHA TEMPLE 0.22 4. MS BATTALION COLOURS BEING CARRIED TO KING 0.28 5. MS VIETNAMBOUND TROOPS 0.30 6. MLS KING SALUTING 0.34 7. MS COL. SANAN TOWARD KING 0.36 8. MS KING PRESENTS COLOURS TO HIM 0.44 9. CU GEN. PRAPAS 0.47 10. LS PARADE OF COLOURS (TWO SHOTS) 1.04 11. CU SOLDIER 1.06 12. MS VIETNAMBOUND TROOPS MARCH PAST 1.13 Initials TS/VS/CR/PC EDITORS: OUR PROD. NO. 3628/67 'THAILAND: THAI VOLUNTEERS TRAIN FOR COMBAT IN VIETNAM" ALSO REFERS. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd May 1967 13:00
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  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Reuters ID: LVAAR3K287F35NONDNFSZ65AOS1J
  • Story Text: The Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment received their Colours from King Bhumibol Adulyadej during ceremonies on Friday (5 May) to mark the 17th anniversary of his coronation. The 2,400-strong combat force is expected to leave shortly fro Vietnam.

    King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit visited the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok during the celebrations, where the King paid homage to his ancestors and invoked the blessing of the Triple Gems.

    During the afternoon, the King presented the Colours to the Regiment - known as 'The Queen's Cobras'. The Colours were accepted by the commander, Colonel Sanan Yuthisarnprasit. The volunteers had been selected for the force in February, and since then had been undergoing special combat training from Thai army instructors and members of the U.S. Special Forces, at Cholburi.

    The ceremony was watched by the Prime Minister, Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, and the Commander of the Armed Forces, General Prapas Charusatien.
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