| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RC03362 |
| Collection type | Official Record |
| Measurement | Overall: 5 in x 4 in |
| Object type | Leaflet |
| Maker |
1st Psychological Operations Unit |
| Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
| Date made | 25 January 1971 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
ATF-074-71: D445 ghosts
Description
English translation:
Front:
Sleeping VC; grave in the background; shade of former comrade in attitude of appeal; names of dead D445. (Top) The shadow of death continues to seek more of your brave compatriots. (Below) The shadow of death is looking for you.
Back:
The shadow of death is searching for more members of D445. Many of your brave compatriots have been killled by the GVN forces recently. You have been told that such people have been given other tasks. This is not true. These people are dead.
Each day the task of getting enough food and supplies becomes more difficult. You labour hard to achieve victory but GVN forces destroy your effort. Chieu Hoi before the shadow of death reaches out for you.
Chieu Hoi symbol.
Theme: Anti-morale/Chieu Hoi
Target audience: D445 LF Bn.
Language: Vietnamese
Purpose/Objective: Encourage D445 to think of their dead comrades, to affect morale, but to give the Chieu Hoi alternative to death.
Method dissemination: By air
Number produced: Unknown