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First Cut: Last missing Vietnam digger returned home

The remains of Australia's last missing soldier from the Vietnam War, Private James Fisher, have been flown to Australia after a solemn ramp ceremony in Hanoi. Private Fisher's remains were recovered in August, almost 39 years after he died when he fell off a helicopter during an evacuation.

Tags: community-and-society, history, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, veterans, 20th-century, australia, vietnam