VN189(SE) - U.S. Marines Corps "Troop Carrier" Huey First Legion-American Civil War with the 6th and 8th

with the 6th and 8th companies formed of African-Americans and indigenous people

Here he is stepping out with his “tin bowler” (steel helmet) on and his gasmask haversack over one shoulder

This year is no exception…

Carrying a swallow-tailed pennant bearing the Polish eagle and the country’s national colours this trooper follows his officer

Germans were the largest group

VN189(SE) - U.S. Marines Corps "Troop Carrier" Huey First Legion-American Civil War with the 6th and 8thDue to the oversized nature of this item, "Heavy Goods" shipping charges apply. Another of the vital tasks of the UH 1 'HUEYS' was delivering troops into battle and or moving them forward onto forward firebases and other locations where the South Vietnamese road network was either inadequate or dangerously vulnerable to ground ambush. The introduction of UH 1 'HUEYS' into Vietnam in 1962 allowed U. S. commanders to move large numbers of troops rapidly