National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Animal specimen - Elephant skull, Sabu
... ...tropic Lightning...Nui Dat, November 1970: US Army Colonel J R (Joe) Ulatoski presented “Sabu” to Brigadier W G (Bill) Henderson, Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) as part of an on-going elephant joke between the Australians and the American "Tropic Lightning" division - the US Army's 25th Infantry Division, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam.
...Nui Dat, November 1970: US Army Colonel J R (Joe) Ulatoski presented “Sabu” to Brigadier W G (Bill) Henderson, Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) as part of an on-going elephant joke between the Australians and the American "Tropic Lightning" division - the US Army's 25th Infantry Division, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. skull sabu ulatoski Henderson elephant joke elephant joke tropic Lightning US Army 25th Infantry 25th Infantry Division Square silver metal plate bearing the red and yellow shoulder patch of the United States Army 25th Infantry Division , engraved with words "I agree" above a cartoon elephant, and the words 'Elephants are beautiful!" ...
Nui Dat, November 1970: US Army Colonel J R (Joe) Ulatoski presented “Sabu” to Brigadier W G (Bill) Henderson, Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) as part of an on-going elephant joke between the Australians and the American "Tropic Lightning" division - the US Army's 25th Infantry Division, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam.
Aged Asian elephant skull found in jungles of Vietnam in 1970. Has a large hole in the left side which reveals the honeycomb interior.Square silver metal plate bearing the red and yellow shoulder patch of the United States Army 25th Infantry Division , engraved with words "I agree" above a cartoon elephant, and the words 'Elephants are beautiful!" below.
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