Description
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. 1965-09. US Corporal Frank Crazy Thunder, a Native American, Oglala Lakota (Sioux), serving in Vietnam with the 173rd United States Airborne Support Battalion attached to the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) has had a special version of the digger hat made for himself. Here in a hat switch are Sergeant Jim Bates (left) and Corporal Crazy Thunder (right). Sergeant Bates, a Balcombe Army Apprentices' School graduate with 17 years’ service experience, is a Clerk Technician.
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Accession Number
DNE/65/0372/VN
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c September 1965
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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