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title: Chúng tôi đã rời bỏ hàng ngũ V.C... Các bạn còn chần chờ gì nữa? (We Left the VC Ranks... What Are You Still Waiting For?)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-reunion-spring-1967/
description: A 1967 Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1805) prints 96 passport-style photographs of named ralliers, each with village, district, former role (most are village…
section: Collection
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# Chúng tôi đã rời bỏ hàng ngũ V.C... Các bạn còn chần chờ gì nữa? (We Left the VC Ranks... What Are You Still Waiting For?)

A 1967 Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1805) prints 96 passport-style photographs of named ralliers, each with village, district, former role (most are village guerrillas) and the date they rallied, mostly January and February 1967. The headline reads: 'We have left the ranks of the V.C. to return to the national just cause in the "Reunion Spring" campaign. What are you still waiting for?' The faces vouch; the grid of 96 says others have already gone.

- **Date:** 1967
- **Period:** [Cold War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=cold-war)
- **Made by:** Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese Chieu Hoi programme
- **Region:** [North America](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=north-america)
- **Country:** [United States](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=united-states)
- **Medium:** [Leaflet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=leaflet)
- **Issuer type:** [State](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=state)
- **Regime:** [Johnson Administration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=johnson-administration)
- **Leader:** [Lyndon B. Johnson](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=lyndon-b-johnson)
- **Audience:** [Enemy forces](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=enemy-forces)
- **Purpose:** [Mobilize or secure compliance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=mobilize-comply)
- **Theme:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military)
- **Event:** [Vietnam War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=vietnam-war)
- **Techniques:** [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)
- **Source:** Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- **Source:** [U.S. National Archives (NARA), Still Picture Branch, 306-VP-3-1805](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26325734), retrieved September 27, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (U.S. government work) U.S. Information Agency, Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office; National Archives, Records of the U.S. Information Agency (RG 306).

## Text on the object

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

```
CHÚNG TÔI ĐÃ RỜI BỎ HÀNG NGŨ V.C TRỞ VỀ với CHÁNH NGHĨA QUỐC GIA TRONG CHIẾN DỊCH "XUÂN ĐOÀN TỤ". CÁC BẠN CÒN CHẦN CHỜ GÌ NỮA?

[96 passport-style photographs below the headline, each captioned in small print with the rallier's name, home village/district, former Viet Cong role, and 'Hồi Chánh' (rallied) date, e.g. first photo: "Tôn. V. A / Hậu-Mỹ, Cái-Bè / T/V Du kích ấp / Hồi Chánh 1/2/67"]

SP-1805 [code, bottom right]
```

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

```
WE HAVE LEFT THE RANKS OF THE V.C. TO RETURN to the NATIONAL JUST CAUSE IN THE "REUNION SPRING" CAMPAIGN. WHAT ARE YOU STILL WAITING FOR?

[96 passport-style photographs below the headline, each captioned with the rallier's name, home village/district, former Viet Cong role, and rally date, e.g. first photo: "Ton V.A / Hau-My, Cai-Be / village guerrilla / Rallied 1/2/67"]

SP-1805 [code, bottom right]
```

The 96 individual photo captions are legible when zoomed in and follow a consistent name/village/district/role/date format, but were not each transcribed here given their number; one representative example is given verbatim above. NARA's own English title for this item differs slightly in wording from this literal translation of the Vietnamese (see the entry's notes field).

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