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title: Ap Bac Victory poster, No. 395 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ap-bac-victory-poster-395-vietnamese-1965/
description: A Vietnamese photo-and-text sheet headed 'Victory, Tien-Giang, Ap Bac 3/65'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
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[![Ap Bac Victory poster, No. 395, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese photo-and-text sheet headed 'Victory, Tien-Giang, Ap Bac 3/65'.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ap-bac-victory-poster-395-vietnamese-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ap-bac-victory-poster-395-vietnamese-1965.jpg)

# Ap Bac Victory poster, No. 395 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A Vietnamese photo-and-text sheet headed 'Victory, Tien-Giang, Ap Bac 3/65'. Photographs show the army commander and visiting officers, a briefing in front of a map, soldiers reading letters, two seated prisoners and displayed captured weapons, and the text reports 150 enemy dead and 3 captured at an operation on 26 January 1965. The tell is card-stacking: the sheet gives its own tally of captured arms and enemy dead and no figure for its own losses.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CHIẾN THẮNG TIỀN-GIANG ẤP BẮC 3/65

Cuộc Hành quân TIỀN-GIANG/ ẤP BẮC 3/65 do khu chiến thuật TIỀN-GIANG tổ chức ngày 26-1-1965 cách Cai-Lậy 9 cây số về phía Đông Bắc đã gây thiệt hại nặng nề cho Tiểu Đoàn Việt Cộng 261 miền, về sinh mạng và một số lớn vũ khí bị ta tịch thu tại trận gồm: 150 chết tại trận, 3 bị bắt sống
- 1 Đại bác 75 - 2 đại bác 57 ly
- 1 chân đại liên 30
- 1 chân đại liên phòng không
- 71 lựu đạn
- 1 trung liên - 3 tiểu liên
- 3 Carbin - 5 súng trường Nga
- 7 súng trường MAS-36
- 2.250 viên đạn đại liên
Ngoài ra ta còn tịch thu một số âu dược, quân trang và tài liệu quan trọng

Đại Tướng Tổng Tư Lệnh Quân Lực Việt-Nam Cộng-Hoà và phái đoàn quan sát mặt trận.

Các sĩ quan và binh sĩ đang vui mừng chiến thắng, cùng tiếp nhận thư và hình ảnh do cô Dạ-Hương tặng tại trận tuyến.

Chuẩn tướng Nguyễn-Bảo-Trị, Tư Lệnh khu chiến Tiền-giang đang thuyết trình trận đánh, trước Đại tướng và phái đoàn báo chí Thủ đô.

Nữ và nam tù binh Việt cộng thuộc tiểu đoàn 261 miền bị ta bắt ngoài mặt trận.

Vũ khí và đạn dược của Việt cộng bị ta tịch thu trong cuộc hành quân Tiền-giang Ấp Bắc 3/65, do khu Chiến thuật Tiền giang tổ chức ngày 26-1-1965
```

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

```
VICTORY, TIEN-GIANG, AP BAC 3/65

The Tien-Giang / Ap Bac 3/65 operation, organised by the Tien-Giang tactical zone on 26-1-1965, 9 kilometres north-east of Cai-Lay, inflicted heavy losses on the Viet Cong 261 Regional Battalion, in lives and in a large number of weapons seized by us on the spot, including: 150 dead on the field, 3 captured alive
- 1 75 mm gun - 2 57 mm guns
- 1 tripod for a heavy machine gun 30
- 1 tripod for an anti-aircraft heavy machine gun
- 71 grenades
- 1 light machine gun - 3 submachine guns
- 3 carbines - 5 Russian rifles
- 7 MAS-36 rifles
- 2,250 heavy-machine-gun rounds
In addition we seized a quantity of medicine, uniforms and important documents.

The General, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Viet-Nam, and delegation observe the front.

Officers and soldiers happily celebrating victory, receiving letters and pictures given by Miss Da-Huong at the front line.

Brigadier General Nguyen-Bao-Tri, commander of the Tien-Giang battle zone, briefing on the battle before the General and the capital's press delegation.

Female and male Viet Cong prisoners of the 261 Regional Battalion, captured by us at the front.

Weapons and ammunition of the Viet Cong seized by us in the Tien-Giang Ap Bac 3/65 operation, organised by the Tien-Giang tactical zone on 26-1-1965.
```

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