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Early 1962: Two RAN sailors out and about in Saigon - Graeme Andrews.
5130. Like our recent photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s, this is a world now gone. Two sailors from HMAS QUICKMATCH or HMAS VAMPIRE [II], on the left, make their way past a hairdressing salon down this quiet Saigon street in 1962. So poeaceful, and tidy. It's an illusion of course, but - compared to what was soon to come - this looks idyllic.
Photo Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968, RANR 1980.
Early 1962: Two RAN sailors out and about in Saigon - Graeme Andrews.
5130. Like our recent photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s, this is a world now gone. Two sailors from HMAS QUICKMATCH or HMAS VAMPIRE [II], on the left, make their way past a hairdressing salon down this quiet Saigon street in 1962. So poeaceful, and tidy. It's an illusion of course, but - compared to what was soon to come - this looks idyllic.
Photo Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968, RANR 1980.