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title: Một nghĩa cử cao đẹp của nhân dân thành phố San Angelo Hoa Kỳ (A Gesture of the American People from the City of San Angelo, Texas)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-gesture-of-the-american-people-san-angelo-1966/
description: A bilingual Vietnamese and Khmer sheet reports that people of San Angelo, Texas, gave medicines and medical equipment worth US$2,500 to the Nguyen Dinh
section: Collection
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# Một nghĩa cử cao đẹp của nhân dân thành phố San Angelo Hoa Kỳ (A Gesture of the American People from the City of San Angelo, Texas)

A bilingual Vietnamese and Khmer sheet reports that people of San Angelo, Texas, gave medicines and medical equipment worth US$2,500 to the Nguyen Dinh Chieu hospital in Vinh Binh province at a ceremony on 27 October 1966. Six photographs show the handover, a crowd before a banner of thanks, a letter of thanks, displayed supplies and a patient being treated. The headline calls it a 'noble gesture' and the thanks are voiced by local Vietnamese officials and a banner.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese; Khmer (parallel text, not transcribed)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MỘT NGHĨA CỬ CAO ĐẸP CỦA NHÂN DÂN
THÀNH PHỐ SAN ANGELO HOA KỲ
[Khmer-script parallel title]

Dân chúng tỉnh Vĩnh-Bình chân thành cảm tạ nhân dân thành phố SAN-ANGELO [banner in photograph]

Đại úy Cố vấn Bác sĩ Đại diện Đoàn MILPHAP và nhân dân San Engelo trao tặng phẩm tượng trưng cho Bác sĩ Trưởng ty Y Tế Vĩnh Bình.

Trên một trăm đồng bào và nam nữ công chức đến dự lễ trao tặng dược phẩm và dụng cụ y khoa cho bệnh viện Nguyễn Đình Chiểu Vĩnh Bình ngày 27-10-1966 của nhân dân thành phố San Engelo Hoa Kỳ.

Ông Chủ Tịch Hội Đồng hàng Tỉnh Đại diện nhân dân tỉnh Vĩnh Bình trao thơ cảm tạ nhân dân thành phố SAN ENGELO Hoa kỳ.

Dụng cụ y khoa và dược phẩm của nhân dân thành phố San Engelo Hoa Kỳ trao tặng được dùng để điều trị cho bệnh nhân tại bệnh viện Nguyễn Đình Chiểu Vĩnh Bình.

Những dụng cụ y khoa và dược phẩm do nhân dân thành phố San Engelo trao tặng cho Bệnh viện Vĩnh Bình trị giá 2.500 Mỹ kim ước độ 295.000 tiền Việt Nam.

SP-1662
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
A NOBLE GESTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO, USA
[Khmer-script parallel title]

The people of Vinh-Binh province sincerely thank the people of the city of SAN-ANGELO [banner in photograph]

The Captain, Medical Adviser, representative of the MILPHAP team, and the people of San Engelo present a symbolic gift to the Doctor, Chief of the Vinh Binh Health Service.

Over one hundred compatriots and male and female officials attended the ceremony of presenting medicines and medical equipment to the Nguyen Dinh Chieu hospital of Vinh Binh on 27-10-1966 from the people of the city of San Engelo, USA.

The Chairman of the Provincial Council, representing the people of Vinh Binh province, presents a letter of thanks to the people of the city of SAN ENGELO, USA.

The medical equipment and medicines given by the people of the city of San Engelo, USA, are used to treat patients at the Nguyen Dinh Chieu hospital in Vinh Binh.

The medical equipment and medicines given by the people of the city of San Engelo to the Vinh Binh hospital are worth 2,500 U.S. dollars, about 295,000 Vietnamese piastres.

SP-1662
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering of the Vietnamese; the Khmer lines were not read. 'Tiền Việt Nam' is rendered 'Vietnamese piastres'. 'Thơ' is printed for 'thư' (letter).

[← Tương lai tươi sáng cho con cháu chúng ta (A Bright Future for Our Children)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-bright-future-for-our-children-sp-1594-1966/) [Act of Desperation →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/act-of-desperation-saigon-shelling-1966/)

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