Hồi Chánh Viên Phùng Xuân Hồ (Returnee Phung Xuan Ho), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-092-71
Two-sided leaflet. One side shows a man standing in a field under the words 'Returnee' and his name beside a Chieu Hoi emblem; the other is a signed, dated handwritten letter saying he rallied at 6 a.m. on 1 March 1971, was welcomed, that life with the Viet Cong meant too little food, clothing and medicine, and that wives and children are waiting. The tell: a named, pictured village official gives a dated first-hand account and ends with a family appeal.
- Date
- March 2, 1971
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- 1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force (Nui Dat), for the South Vietnamese Chieu Hoi programme
- Region
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Gorton Government
- Leader
- John Gorton
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Testimonial
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Australian War Memorial (Official Records, 1st Psychological Operations Unit leaflets), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain per holder (AWM: 'Copyright expired. Permission for reproduction not required'; issued 1971)
1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force, 1971; Australian War Memorial RC02906 (ATF-092-71).
Text on the object
[Side 1] Hồi Chánh Viên [photograph of a man standing in a field] PHÙNG XUÂN HỒ [Chieu Hoi emblem, lettered CHIEU HOI] 092-71 [Side 2, handwritten] Tôi là Phùng Xuân Hồ, tổ trưởng nông hội ấp 1 xã Bình Châu. Tôi ra hồi chánh vào lúc 6 giờ sáng 1-3-71, tại Cầu Dài được đơn vị quân đội đón tiếp tử tế, được chính phủ đối đãi tử tế. Sống với Việt Cộng bị đói khổ, cơm không có ăn, áo không có mặc, đau bệnh không thuốc men. Với các anh còn lạc ở trong rừng, hãy mau mau ra hồi chánh để được Chánh phủ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa đảm bảo đời sống của chúng ta. Vợ con các anh đang chờ đợi các anh về sớm chừng nào tốt chừng đó. Thân mến 2-3-71 Phùng Xuân Hồ
[Side 1] Returnee [photograph of a man standing in a field] PHUNG XUAN HO [Chieu Hoi emblem] 092-71 [Side 2, handwritten] I am Phung Xuan Ho, farmers' association team leader of Hamlet 1, Binh Chau village. I rallied at 6 a.m. on 1-3-71, at Cau Dai, where I was received kindly by a military unit and treated kindly by the government. Living with the Viet Cong meant suffering hunger: no rice to eat, no clothes to wear, no medicine when ill. To you who are still lost in the forest, hurry and rally so that the Government of the Republic of Vietnam can guarantee our lives. Your wives and children are waiting for you; the sooner you return the better. Warm regards 2-3-71 Phung Xuan Ho
Read from the AWM scans, AWM identification strips omitted; two sides joined by FRAME. Handwriting read with AWM's English translation as a guide. Translation is FRAME's literal, machine-assisted rendering, not verified by a fluent reader.
