AUSSIE MARINE DIGGER - VIETNAM

Hey StormBringer -

I saw that VC recipient story yesterday. Did you ever see this story?

Captain Ivan Cahill, Royal Australian Regiment - the only foreigner to have direct command of an American Rifle Company in Vietnam.

Retired Royal Australian Marine, Col. Ivan J. Cahill, left, presented with the title Honorary Marine by Maj. Gen. James B. Laster, commanding general, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Nov. 19, 2010

Photo courtesy of Col. Chuck Ikins, USMCR (Ret)


Vietnam-era photos of Capt. Cahill with U.S. Marines HERE

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