--- title: 103 VC Soldiers Return to Work for Their Home Land url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/103-viet-cong-soldiers-return-home-1967/ description: A landscape photo-story reports that Long-Huu village in Long An was freed from Viet Cong control on 7 March 1967 and that 103 Viet Cong cadres section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. 103 VC Soldiers Return to Work for Their Home Land [![103 VC Soldiers Return to Work for Their Home Land, 1967 US poster: A landscape photo-story reports that Long-Huu village](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/103-viet-cong-soldiers-return-home-1967.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/103-viet-cong-soldiers-return-home-1967.jpg) # 103 VC Soldiers Return to Work for Their Home Land A landscape photo-story reports that Long-Huu village in Long An was freed from Viet Cong control on 7 March 1967 and that 103 Viet Cong cadres and fighters rallied, 78 of whom have joined the Popular Forces. Photographs show families visiting, an oath-taking ceremony, a flag presentation and new uniforms being issued. The tell is the headline count paired with pictures of reception and rehabilitation. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` 103 CÁN BINH VIỆT CỘNG ĐÃ TRỞ VỀ ĐỂ PHỤC VỤ QUÊ HƯƠNG Xã LONG-HỰU THUỘC TỈNH LONG-AN ĐÃ ĐƯỢC QUÂN-ĐỘI VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA GIẢI THOÁT KHỎI SỰ KIỂM TOẢ CỦA VIỆT CỘNG NGÀY 7-3-1967. TRONG DỊP NÀY 103 CÁN BINH VIỆT CỘNG ĐÃ TRỞ VỀ VỚI CHÍNH NGHĨA QUỐC GIA. 78 HỒI CHÁNH VIÊN TRONG SỐ TRỞ VỀ HIỆN ĐÃ GIA NHẬP LỰC LƯỢNG NGHĨA QUÂN. HỌ HỢP TÁC VỚI NHÂN DÂN LONG-HỰU ĐỂ XÂY DỰNG LẠI ĐỜI SỐNG MỚI ẤM NO HẠNH PHÚC THEO TINH THẦN CHÁNH SÁCH ĐOÀN KẾT QUỐC GIA. NHỮNG GIA ĐÌNH CÓ BÀ CON THEO VIỆT CỘNG ĐÃ ĐẾN THĂM HỎI NGƯỜI TRỞ VỀ. TRONG MỘT BUỔI LỄ LONG TRỌNG, CÁC HỒI CHÁNH VIÊN ĐÃ TUYÊN THỆ TRUNG THÀNH VỚI CHÍNH PHỦ. ANH NÀY TRƯỚC LÀ CÁN BINH VIỆT CỘNG, ĐÃ TRỞ VỀ CHÍNH NGHĨA VÌ NHẬN THẤY LỜI TUYÊN TRUYỀN CỦA CỘNG SẢN KHÔNG CÓ SỰ THẬT. ANH TỰ NGUYỆN CHỐNG CỘNG VÌ CỘNG SẢN ĐÃ TÀN HẠI NHÂN DÂN. MỘT HỒI CHÁNH VIÊN ĐẠI DIỆN CHO 103 CÁN BINH VIỆT CỘNG HỒI CHÁNH NHẬN LÁ CỜ KỶ NIỆM NGÀY TRỞ VỀ CHÍNH NGHĨA TẠI XÃ LONG-HỰU. NHỮNG CỰU CÁN BINH VIỆT CỘNG ĐANG NHẬN QUÂN PHỤC VÀ QUÂN DỤNG MỚI. [faint code, apparently SP-1900] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` 103 VIET CONG CADRES AND FIGHTERS HAVE RETURNED TO SERVE THEIR HOMELAND Long-Huu village of Long An Province was freed from Viet Cong control by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam on 7-3-1967. On this occasion 103 Viet Cong cadres and fighters returned to the National cause. 78 of the ralliers among those returned have now joined the Popular Forces. They cooperate with the people of Long-Huu to rebuild a new, warm and happy life in the spirit of the National Solidarity policy. Families whose relatives followed the Viet Cong have come to visit those who returned. At a solemn ceremony, the ralliers swore loyalty to the government. This man was formerly a Viet Cong cadre/fighter; he returned to the national cause because he saw that Communist propaganda is not true. He volunteers to fight communism because the Communists have cruelly harmed the people. A rallier representing the 103 Viet Cong ralliers receives the commemorative flag of the day of return to the national cause at Long-Huu village. Former Viet Cong cadres and fighters are receiving new uniforms and equipment. ``` Title on NARA record reads 'work for their home land'; the printed Vietnamese reads 'phục vụ quê hương' (serve the native place). Diacritics transcribed as printed to the best of legibility. [← Republic of Korea Medical Team Work in Phu Yen](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korean-medical-team-phu-yen-1966/) [Concrete dome bunker near Krujë, Albania (bunker programme, 1967 to 1986) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/albania-bunker-kruja-1967-1986/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). 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