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The official party stand in front of a coffin containing the remains Australian soldier Private Fisher during a repatriation ceremony in Hanoi
09 Oct 2008
Source: Reuters
 
An official party including (L to R) Sisters Penny Fisher and Annie Cowdroy, brother in-law Peter Cowdroy, Australian Minister of Defence Warren Snowdon, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Allaster Cox and Australian veteran Reginald Beesley stand in front of a coffin containing the remains Australian soldier Private David John Fisher during a repatriation ceremony at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport October 9, 2008. Private Fisher, a member of the elite Special Air Service, disappeared during an operation in Vietnam 39 years ago and is the last Australian soldier missing in the Vietnam War to be brought home. Two Royal Australian Air Force personnel remain unaccounted for. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM)
REUTERS/KHAM


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Soldiers wade along a flooded road caused by a storm in Vietnam's southern Ninh Thuan province November 17, 2008. A tropical storm hit central Vietnam on Monday, threatening severe floods, landslides ...




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