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title: Chiến thắng Tiền Giang 48/65 ngày 18-11-65 tại phía Tây Bắc Bến Tranh (Tien Giang 48/65 Victory, 18 November 1965, North West of Ben Tranh)
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description: A Vietnamese-language sheet (code SP-902) reports the outcome of a battle at Than Cuu Nghia, Ben Tranh, on the night of 18 November 1965.
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**Content note:** Photographs on the sheet show dead enemy combatants lying in barbed wire and on open ground, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# Chiến thắng Tiền Giang 48/65 ngày 18-11-65 tại phía Tây Bắc Bến Tranh (Tien Giang 48/65 Victory, 18 November 1965, North West of Ben Tranh)

A Vietnamese-language sheet (code SP-902) reports the outcome of a battle at Than Cuu Nghia, Ben Tranh, on the night of 18 November 1965: a list of captured weapons, a count of enemy dead, prisoners and wounded carried off, and photographs of seized arms, enemy dead, a damaged village and soldiers aiding civilians. It accuses the Viet Cong of killing women and children before being repulsed. The technique's tell is a one-sided tally and an ordered sequence of photographs presenting the engagement as a clear victory.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
CHIẾN THẮNG TIỀN GIANG 48/65

NGÀY 18-11-65 TẠI PHÍA TÂY BẮC BẾN TRANH

Đêm 18-11-65, Việt Cộng đã đột nhập Xã Thân Cửu Nghĩa (Quận Bến Tranh) giết hại đồng bào gồm đàn bà, trẻ em vô tội, cùng vơ vét cướp bóc tiền bạc của dân chúng, nhưng liền khi ấy, chúng đã bị Quân Lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa chận đường rút lui, đánh không còn manh giáp.
Kết quả trận đánh, Việt Cộng đã để lại một số xác chết và vũ khí gồm có:
- 2 Đại bác 57 ly không giật
- 2 Đại liên phòng không
- 20 Súng trường
- 1 Tiểu liên Thompson
- 2 Carbine
- 4 Tiểu liên K. 50
- 2 Súng Mat 49
- 1 Rouleau
- 3 Thùng đạn Đại liên
- 68 Đạn súng cối
- 10 Đạn Đại bác 57 và 75 ly
-100 Băng đạn đủ loại
- 5.000 viên đạn
- 1 số mìn
- 1 số lựu đạn
- 1 Tổng đài SB993
- 1 máy HT
- 1 máy T.A 43
Cùng một số xác chết: 156 tại chỗ, 12 bị bắt sống, 80 chết và bị thương được đồng bọn mang đi. Ngoài ra, ta còn phá hủy 2 trạm Thông tin và tịch một số tài liệu quan trọng.

Các vũ khí, đạn dược cùng tài liệu của địch bị ta tịch thu tại trận địa.

Việt Cộng chết banh xác tại hàng rào kẽm gai vì đạp phải mìn của ta.

Trước hỏa lực mạnh mẽ của ta, Việt Cộng đã phải rút lui, để lại nhiều xác chết ngổn ngang tại trận địa.

Trung Tướng Tham Mưu Trưởng và Đại Tá Tư Lệnh Sư Đoàn 7 Bộ Binh kiêm Khu Chiến Thuật Tiền Giang đang quan sát các chiến lợi phẩm tịch thu được của địch.

Vì thất bại, Việt Cộng đã hèn nhát đặt mìn phá nhà, giết hại đàn bà trẻ em vô tội cùng cướp bóc tiền bạc.

Các đoàn quân dân chính đã tới thăm viếng, ủy lạo và giúp đỡ các nạn nhân liền tại chỗ.

SP-902
```

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

```
TIEN GIANG 48/65 VICTORY

ON 18-11-65 TO THE NORTH-WEST OF BEN TRANH

On the night of 18-11-65 the Viet Cong broke into Than Cuu Nghia village (Ben Tranh district) and killed compatriots including innocent women and children and plundered the people's money, but at that moment they had their retreat cut off by the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces and were beaten until not a scrap of armour was left [i.e. stripped of everything].
Result of the battle, the Viet Cong left behind a number of corpses and weapons, including:
- 2 57mm recoilless guns
- 2 anti-aircraft heavy machine guns
- 20 rifles
- 1 Thompson submachine gun
- 2 carbines
- 4 K.50 submachine guns
- 2 MAT 49 guns
- 1 Rouleau
- 3 boxes of heavy machine gun ammunition
- 68 mortar rounds
- 10 57mm and 75mm cannon rounds
- 100 magazines of all kinds
- 5,000 rounds
- a number of mines
- a number of grenades
- 1 SB993 switchboard
- 1 HT radio
- 1 T.A 43 radio
Also a number of corpses: 156 on the spot, 12 captured alive, 80 dead and wounded carried away by their comrades. In addition, we destroyed 2 communications posts and seized a number of important documents.

Enemy weapons, ammunition and documents seized by us on the battlefield.

Viet Cong dead, bodies shattered at the barbed-wire fence after stepping on our mines.

Before our powerful firepower the Viet Cong had to withdraw, leaving many corpses strewn on the battlefield.

The Lieutenant General Chief of Staff and the Colonel commanding the 7th Infantry Division and Tien Giang Tactical Zone observing the enemy war booty seized.

In defeat, the Viet Cong cowardly planted mines to wreck houses, killing innocent women and children and plundering money.

Military, civil and political groups came to visit, comfort and help the victims on the spot.

SP-902
```

[← 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/) [Chieu Hoi Activities in Khanh Hoa →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-activities-khanh-hoa-1965-1969/)

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