Wangi remembers the Vietnam war death of Lieutenant Peter Hines who was killed the moment man walked on the moon

By Scott Bevan
Updated July 19 2019 - 7:45pm, first published July 17 2019 - 7:00am
FAMILY: Norma, Shane and Peter Hines, on the night the army officer was leaving for Vietnam from the RAAF base in Townsville. Picture: Courtesy, Shane Hines.
FAMILY: Norma, Shane and Peter Hines, on the night the army officer was leaving for Vietnam from the RAAF base in Townsville. Picture: Courtesy, Shane Hines.

JUST as millions of others were doing around the globe, Norma Hines was sitting before her television on July 21, 1969, watching history being created.

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