Butterfly soldier. Taiping by H. P. Henriksen Starman

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Butterfly soldier. Taiping

Indian soldier, from the so called Butterflies - with reference to their beautiful headgear. They were taking care of the Military police duties all over Malaya, and they had authority to arrest British Soldiers and bring them to the station if needed.
Taiping, February 1947, in a Willys Jeep

Kodak Brownie Reflex Synchro

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Tom Briggs		22-Dec-2008 22:41
... as a retired US Army Military Policeman, I really like this photo. I've spent a lot of hours in one of those jeeps in Vietnam and elsewhere ...

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