--- title: Chiến thắng rực rỡ tại Bồng-Sơn, Phù-Cũ, An-Khê (Bình-Định) (Great Victory at Bong-Son, Phu-Cu, An-Khe (Binh-Dinh)) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-ruc-ro-bong-son-phu-cu-an-khe-binh-dinh/ description: A Vietnamese-language photo sheet (code SP-768) shows helicopters landing troops, captured weapons laid out in rows. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Chiến thắng rực rỡ tại Bồng-Sơn, Phù-Cũ, An-Khê (Bình-Định) **Content note:** One photograph shows enemy dead lying on the ground, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) [![Chiến thắng rực rỡ tại Bồng-Sơn, Phù-Cũ, An-Khê (Bình-Định) (Great Victory at Bong-Son, Phu-Cu, An-Khe (Binh-Dinh)), 1966 US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chien-thang-ruc-ro-bong-son-phu-cu-an-khe-binh-dinh.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chien-thang-ruc-ro-bong-son-phu-cu-an-khe-binh-dinh.jpg) # Chiến thắng rực rỡ tại Bồng-Sơn, Phù-Cũ, An-Khê (Bình-Định) (Great Victory at Bong-Son, Phu-Cu, An-Khe (Binh-Dinh)) A Vietnamese-language photo sheet (code SP-768) shows helicopters landing troops, captured weapons laid out in rows, a lieutenant general examining a rifle, enemy dead on the ground and officers greeting villagers. The text says huge quantities of Chinese- and Russian-made arms were seized, that Bong Son and An Khe were Viet Cong strongholds, and that the victory increased the whole people's confidence in the Republic of Vietnam. Piles of weapons, bodies and cheering civilians are offered together as evidence of a win. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` CHIẾN THẮNG RỰC RỠ TẠI BỒNG-SƠN, PHÙ-CŨ, AN-KHÊ (BÌNH-ĐỊNH) TRỰC THĂNG ĐÃ DỰ PHẦN GIÚP ĐỠ TRONG CHIẾN TRẬN NÀY VÔ SỐ VŨ KHÍ DO TRUNG CỘNG VÀ NGA SÔ CHẾ TẠO ĐÃ BỊ TỊCH THU • BỒNG-SƠN, AN-KHÊ LÀ MỒ CHÔN VIỆT-CỘNG. CHÚNG ĐÃ BỎ XÁC VÔ SỐ TRONG TRẬN NÀY. TRUNG TƯỚNG NGUYỄN-VĂN-THIỆU ĐANG XEM VŨ KHÍ QUÂN TA ĐÃ TỊCH THU ĐƯỢC CỦA ĐỊCH. QUÂN LỰC VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA ĐANG CHIẾN THẮNG OAI HÙNG TRONG CUỘC CHIẾN ĐẤU CHỐNG BỌN XÂM LĂNG CỘNG SẢN. CHIẾN THẮNG NÀY KHIẾN TOÀN DÂN THÊM TIN TƯỞNG NƠI SỨC MẠNH CỦA VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA. SP-768 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` GREAT VICTORY AT BONG-SON, PHU-CU, AN-KHE (BINH-DINH) Helicopters took part in assisting in this battle. Countless weapons made by Communist China and the Soviet Union were seized. • Bong-Son and An-Khe are the Viet Cong's graveyard. They left countless corpses in this battle. Lieutenant General Nguyen-Van-Thieu is examining weapons our army has seized from the enemy. The armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam are winning a glorious victory in the struggle against the communist invaders. This victory makes the whole people more confident in the strength of the Republic of Vietnam. SP-768 ``` [← Chiến thắng Long Phi 971 của Sư Đoàn 9 Bộ Binh (Victory of Operation Long Phi 971 of the 9th Infantry Division)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-long-phi-971-kien-giang-1966/) [Chieu Hoi Activity in Darlac Province: Unforgettable Memories →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-darlac-unforgettable-memories-1966/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Consult of the doctors on the grave illness of the Grand Sultan (Consult vande medicijnen inde swaere siekte vanden grooten Sultaen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consult-of-the-doctors-sick-sultan-antwerp-1683/) (Spanish Netherlands · 1683 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ["Jackson ticket" with Hickory tree motto, Baltimore (1828)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jackson-ticket-hickory-tree-1828/) (United States · 1828 · Bandwagon, Transfer) - [Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-stop-van-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Name-calling, Bandwagon) - [Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-whole-hog-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon) - ["Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/political-race-course-union-track-harrison-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon, Name-calling). Content note: Partisan caricature of named politicians that uses the epithet 'Black Dan' for Daniel Webster and regional stereotypes in the speech balloons. - ["Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman", April 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/grand-match-kinderhook-poney-ohio-ploughman-harrison-1836/) (United States · Apr 1836 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ['The People's Line -- Take care of the Locomotive', Whig woodcut, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peoples-line-take-care-of-the-locomotive-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Bandwagon) - ['The Fox Chace', Whig cartoon of Van Buren hunted by cider-barrel hounds, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-fox-chace-van-buren-harrison-childs-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Name-calling, Bandwagon)