 Volunteers at the National Vietnam
Veterans Museum |
On the outskirts of Newhaven, Phillip Island, stands an unlikely visitor attraction, housed within a starkly industrial aircraft hangar. The National Vietnam Veterans Museum stands as a tribute to what can be achieved by a dedicated group of volunteers.
Not only those who served – and their families – will gain from visiting this sprawling collection; so will anyone who lived through those tumultuous years from 1962 through to 1972.
The Museum soon outgrew its first premises and ranges from documents – letters home, diaries, photos, maps and personal effects – to a Huey Cobra helicopter gunship, a Centurion tank and a Canberra bomber. Especially poignant are the tributes received from the Vietnamese-Australian community. And there’s even a café and a souvenir shop, so you can take home a teddy bear soldier or a model F4 Phantom fighter jet.
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