Story: Asian conflicts

3rd Flight New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) cross swampy ground during jungle training near Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, in November 1955. The New Zealand SAS was formed in 1955 with the specific intention that it would form part of the British Commonwealth Far Eastern Strategic Reserve forces in Malaya. In 1956 the SAS was deployed in a series of successful operations against guerrillas in the northern states of Perak and Kelantan. In 1957 the SAS moved to the mountainous eastern Malayan state of Negri Sembilan, where they carried out another successful series of anti-guerrilla actions.