--- title: Victory at Duc Hoa, Hau Nghia photo poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hau-nghia-duc-hoa-victory-vietnamese-1965/ description: A Vietnamese photo poster headed 'Victory in Duc-Hoa district, Hau-Nghia'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Victory at Duc Hoa, Hau Nghia photo poster [![Victory at Duc Hoa, Hau Nghia photo poster, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese photo poster headed 'Victory in Duc-Hoa district](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hau-nghia-duc-hoa-victory-vietnamese-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hau-nghia-duc-hoa-victory-vietnamese-1965.jpg) # Victory at Duc Hoa, Hau Nghia photo poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) A Vietnamese photo poster headed 'Victory in Duc-Hoa district, Hau-Nghia'. Photographs show a general pinning medals on militiamen, captured rifles, six prisoners, a crowd welcoming troops, and bodies of dead fighters, with a caption giving 35 Viet Cong killed. The tell is card-stacking: only the engagement's tally of enemy dead, prisoners and captured arms is shown, alongside ceremony photographs that attach official honour to the militiamen. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` CHIẾN THẮNG TẠI QUẬN ĐỨC-HÒA HẬU-NGHĨA TRONG CUỘC HÀNH QUÂN NGÀY 5-1-1965, LÚC 14 GIỜ CHIỀU, TẠI ẤP TRẦM-LẠC CÁCH XÃ MỸ-HẠNH 1 CÂY SỐ HƯỚNG TÂY-NAM QUẬN ĐỨC-HÒA, NGHĨA QUÂN DƯỚI QUYỀN CHỈ HUY CỦA ĐẠI ÚY QUẬN TRƯỞNG HỒ-VĂN-HIỆP, VỚI SỰ PHỐI HỢP CỦA 1 ĐẠI ĐỘI CHÁNH QUY THUỘC SƯ ĐOÀN 25 VÀ SỰ YỂM TRỢ CỦA THIẾT VẬN XA M113, QUẬN ĐỨC-HÒA ĐÃ THÂU ĐƯỢC MỘT CHIẾN THẮNG HUY HOÀNG TRONG VÒNG 15 PHÚT CHẠM SÚNG VỚI 1 ĐẠI ĐỘI VIỆT-CỘNG. Chuẩn Tướng Nguyễn Thanh Sằng, Tư Lệnh Sư Đoàn 25 Bộ Binh đang gắn huy chương Anh Dũng Bội Tinh ngôi sao đồng cho: - Đại úy Quận Trưởng Quận Đức-Hòa. - Thượng sĩ Trưởng Phòng Nghĩa Quân Quận Đức-Hòa và 8 nghĩa quân ở đồn Mỹ-Hạnh. Quân dân chính hân hoan đón mừng đoàn quân chiến thắng. Tịch thu được 12 súng đủ loại, 3 quả lựu đạn và tài liệu. 6 tên Việt cộng bị bắt sống. 35 tên Việt cộng bị hạ tại chỗ. ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` VICTORY IN DUC-HOA DISTRICT, HAU-NGHIA. During the operation of 5-1-1965 at 2 p.m., at Tram-Lac hamlet, 1 kilometre south-west of My-Hanh village, Duc-Hoa district, the militia under the command of District Chief Captain Ho-Van-Hiep, in coordination with 1 regular company of the 25th Division and supported by an M113 armoured vehicle, won a brilliant victory in a 15-minute firefight with 1 Viet Cong company. Captions: Brigadier General Nguyen Thanh Sang, commander of the 25th Infantry Division, pinning the Gallantry Cross with bronze star on the Duc-Hoa District Chief captain and the militia chief sergeant and 8 militiamen of My-Hanh post. Civilians, military and officials joyfully welcome the victorious troops. Captured: 12 weapons of various kinds, 3 grenades and documents. 6 Viet Cong captured alive. 35 Viet Cong killed on the spot. ``` [← Thua Thien Victory poster, No. 397 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thua-thien-victory-dong-tien-poster-397-vietnamese-1965/) [Kien Tuong Self-Help Project poster, No. 396 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kien-tuong-self-help-project-poster-396-vietnamese-1965/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). 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