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title: Chiến thắng của Sư đoàn I Kỵ binh Không vận Hoa Kỳ tại Pleime (Victory of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division at Pleime)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-su-doan-1-ky-binh-pleime-1965/
description: A Vietnamese-language poster (code SP-873) presents the November 1965 fighting near Pleime and the Chu Pong massif through photographs of a captured mortar
section: Collection
---

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# Chiến thắng của Sư đoàn I Kỵ binh Không vận Hoa Kỳ tại Pleime (Victory of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division at Pleime)

A Vietnamese-language poster (code SP-873) presents the November 1965 fighting near Pleime and the Chu Pong massif through photographs of a captured mortar and heavy machine gun, B-52 bombers releasing bombs, and artillery with a Chinook helicopter. The text claims about 1,300 Viet Cong bodies were left on the field and that the battle ended any hope of military victory for the 'Liberation Front'. The tell is the selective use of a single casualty figure and captured Chinese-made weapons as proof of an overall outcome.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CHIẾN THẮNG CỦA SƯ ĐOÀN I KỴ BINH KHÔNG VẬN HOA KỲ TẠI PLEIME

TRẬN GIAO TRANH GIỮA HAI TRUNG ĐOÀN QUÂN CHÍNH QUI CỘNG SẢN BẮC-VIỆT VÀ LỐI MỘT LỮ ĐOÀN 1 KỴ BINH HOA-KỲ KÉO DÀI 3 NGÀY TỪ 14-11 DỌC THEO SƯỜN VÀ CHÂN NÚI CHU-PHONG CÁCH BIÊN GIỚI CAM-BỐT GẦN 5 DẶM ĐÃ KẾT THÚC VỚI LỐI 1300 XÁC VIỆT-CỘNG BỎ LẠI CHIẾN TRƯỜNG.

Đặc biệt trong trận này Quân Lực Mỹ tịch thu được vô số khí giới hạng nặng chế tạo tại Trung Cộng.

Lực lượng quân đội chính quy Bắc-Việt dầu hùng hậu đến đâu cũng không thể chịu nổi lực lượng Pháo Binh và những chiếc Pháo đài bay B-52 với sức tàn phá ghê gớm của không lực Hoa-Kỳ.

TRẬN ĐÁNH LỚN NHẤT TỪ TRƯỚC ĐẾN NAY CỦA LỰC LƯỢNG HOA-KỲ TẠI VIỆT-NAM ĐÃ ĐẬP TAN MỌI HY VỌNG CHIẾN THẮNG VỀ QUÂN SỰ CỦA 'MẶT TRẬN GIẢI PHÓNG'.

SP-873
```

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

```
VICTORY OF THE U.S. 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION AT PLEIME

The engagement between two North Vietnamese Communist regular-army regiments and about one brigade of the U.S. 1st Cavalry, which lasted 3 days from 14-11 along the slopes and foot of the Chu Pong mountain, about 5 miles from the Cambodian border, ended with about 1,300 Viet Cong bodies left on the battlefield.

In particular, in this battle the American forces seized countless heavy weapons made in Communist China.

No matter how strong the North Vietnamese regular army forces are, they cannot withstand the artillery and the B-52 'flying fortresses' with the terrifying destructive power of the U.S. air force.

The biggest battle so far by U.S. forces in Vietnam has shattered every hope of military victory of the 'Liberation Front'.

SP-873
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering. 'Lối' before the numbers is printed as 'lối' ('about'); 'Trung Cộng' is rendered 'Communist China' as printed.

[← Chiến thắng rực rỡ của quân đội ta và Hoa Kỳ tại Chu Lai (Glorious Victory of our Troops and US Forces at Chu-Lai)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-ruc-ro-tai-chu-lai-poster-1965/) [Chiến thắng tại Bình Tuy (Victory in Binh Tuy; Our Common Goal: To Win and Serve) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-tai-binh-tuy-1965/)

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