South Vietnam mercenaries on a helicopter assault mission [D 8182/20(Misc)] • Photograph
South Vietnam mercenaries on a helicopter assault mission
'South Vietnam mercenaries on a helicopter assault mission. These men lived in remote outposts that resembled the forts so often seen in films of the US Cavalry days. Many had Cambodian blood and some had been released from South Vietnamese prisons to fill this role. I understand that they were paid by the number of kills. I have never met a more unsavoury looking group, on operations they conveyed are rather piratical appearance with their red scarves and ammo bandoliers slung across their shoulders.'