The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hanoi, Vietnam, 1985-02. Australian cameraman Neil Davis at the War Museum standing beside tank No. 843, a Chinese manufactured Type 59 version of the Soviet T54 tank, and the first tank to smash through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon on 1975-04-30. Only Neil Davis's camera captured this image which for the North Vietnamese symbolised their moment of victory.
Original caption: "War Museum, HANOI. February 1985 (tank that crashed through gates of Independence Palace, Saigon on 30 April 1975) Taken by Gordon Manning" Photographs relating to Neil Davis, war
Original caption: "War Museum, HANOI. February 1985 (tank that crashed through gates of Independence Palace, Saigon on 30 April 1975) Taken by Gordon Manning" Photographs relating to Neil Davis, war
Original caption: "The tank that crashed through gates of (former) Independence (Presidential) Palace in Saigon, April 30 1984. Hanoi War Museum Tank 846. 15 Jan 1980" Photographs relating to Neil Da
Original caption: "The tank that crashed through the gatse of (former) Independence Palace in Saigon, April 30, 1984. Now in Hanoi War Museum. Tank No. 843. Photo taken on January 15, 1980." Photogra
A tank rolling through the Presidential Palace gates in Saigon, Vietnam in 1975.
Original caption: "The last 'Minh' correspondents suit made in Saigon. Davis ordered on April 28, 1975 after 'liberation'." Photographs relating to Neil Davis, war cameraman and correspondent. This c
Original caption: "The last 'Minh' correspondents suit made in Saigon. Davis ordered on April 28, 1975 after 'liberation'." Photographs relating to Neil Davis, war cameraman and correspondent. This c
