Propaganda, Leaflets and Posters

   

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Soundtrack in background: "Hanoi Hannah" radio report (Credit: Evan Morgan)

   

U.S. Leaflets

Leaflets were dropped from US aircraft into the Vietnamese countryside to try and persuade local villagers to support the war against the VC and NVA. Below is an example of such a leaflet.  Many thanks to Bill Van Eck, veteran of the 2/32 Artillery 'Proud Americans', for sharing this historical piece with us. This leaflet was found at Trung Lap, ARVN Ranger and US Special Forces Compound, in January of 1966.
   

1966 US Leaflet
Image credit: Bill Van Eck

US propaganda leafletUS propaganda leaflet

 

   

South Vietnam National Front for Liberation

Thanks to Edward Donato for sharing these 1969 leaflets with us.  He picked them up off the ground the morning after the 1969 Mother's Day battle at LZ Oasis, Central Highlands, Republic of Vietnam.
   

GI'S !
Image credit: Edward Donato

1969 enemy propaganda leaflet from LZ Oasis

   

American officers and men
Image credits: Edward Donato

VC/NVA propaganda leafletBack of enemy leaflet from the Vietnam War

 

   

Officers and Men of the 1st Air Cav Div
Compliments of Tom Hatfield

Tom Hatfield found this leaflet on an artillery hipshoot in Binh Dinh Province, probably west of Bong Song, circa August 1969.
   

Officers and MenOfficers and Men in Vietnamese

 

   

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

   

ARVN safe conduct pass
Image credits: Edward Donato

ARVN safe-conduct passBack of ARVN safe-conduct pass

 

    

US Artillery poster from 1971
Image credit: 15th webmaster

Pacification poster from 1971

"RESPONSIVE FIELD ARTILLERY HAS BEEN
THE MAIN STAY OF THE VIETNAM PACIFICATION
EFFORT. THE DETERMINING FACTOR IS THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE POPULATION THAT FIRE
SUPPORT CAN BE OBTAINED ANY TIME,
DAY OR NIGHT, GOOD WEATHER OR BAD."
Lieutenant General A. S. Collins, Jr.

   

"HANOI HANNAH"
Trinh Thi Ngo

Nickname: Thu Houng
'the fragrance of autumn'

  • Born in 1931, the daughter of a glass-factory owner

  • Took private English lessons and enjoyed French-subtitled Hollywood movies

  • Volunteered at the Voice of Vietnam in 1955

  • Broadcast her propaganda radio show three times a day from Hanoi during the US Vietnam War

  • Urged GI's to quit fighting the war

  • Read stories on her show from US newsweeklies and played rock music

  • Now lives in Saigon with her husband who is a retired engineer