Under fire, the medic who cared

By Denise Dion
Updated January 22 2021 - 3:22pm, first published April 25 2018 - 5:30am
Ian (Flappers) Reid, the medic who saved the life of Private Noel (Pop) Cooper.
Ian (Flappers) Reid, the medic who saved the life of Private Noel (Pop) Cooper.

It was April 30, 1970 and a 24-man patrol was preparing an ambush in the vicinity of the village of Phuoc Loi, South Vietnam. John Abernethy, 20, was the NCO in charge of a 10 man section.

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