--- title: Republic of Korea 28th Regiment Welcomes Hoi Chanh url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korean-28th-regiment-welcomes-hoi-chanh-1966/ description: A Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1567) reports that on 8 November 1966 the Republic of Korea's 28th Regiment received 17 Viet Cong fighters who rallied. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Republic of Korea 28th Regiment Welcomes Hoi Chanh [![Republic of Korea 28th Regiment Welcomes Hoi Chanh, 1966 US poster: A Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1567) reports that on 8](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/korean-28th-regiment-welcomes-hoi-chanh-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/korean-28th-regiment-welcomes-hoi-chanh-1966.jpg) # Republic of Korea 28th Regiment Welcomes Hoi Chanh A Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1567) reports that on 8 November 1966 the Republic of Korea's 28th Regiment received 17 Viet Cong fighters who rallied, and shows three photographs of the group, a rallier reading a statement at a microphone and a Vietnamese provincial chief shaking hands over a bicycle given as a gift. The closing slogan sets 'the way of life' against 'the way of death'. The tell is a group count and gifts shown as the reward for rallying, paired with a stark life-or-death choice. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` TRUNG ĐOÀN 28 ĐẠI-HÀN TIẾP ĐÓN NGƯỜI HỒI CHÁNH Ngày 8-11-1966 trong một buổi lễ đặc biệt tại ấp Phúc-Bình, quận Hiếu-Xương Trung Đoàn 28 Đại-Hàn đã đón tiếp 17 cán binh Việt-Cộng hồi chánh về với đời sống tự do và thanh bình. Đây là đoàn Việt-Cộng đầu tiên đã ra trình diện với Trung Đoàn 28 từ khi lực lượng này đến Việt-Nam. Trong buổi lễ, các hồi chánh viên đã nhận được nhiều tặng phẩm của lực lượng Đại-Hàn như thực phẩm, quần áo, và xe đạp. Hai hồi chánh viên được tặng xe đạp là hai toán trưởng Việt-Cộng đã có công đưa các bạn khác của mình về hồi chánh. Đây là số 17 hồi chánh viên tại buổi lễ ngày 8-11-1966 tại ấp Phước-Bình, quận Hiếu-Xương. Toán trưởng Việt-Cộng Huỳnh-Học đang ngỏ lời cám ơn lực lượng Đại-Hàn. Anh Huỳnh-Học khi trở về đã mang theo 2 súng tiểu liên và đạn dược, cũng đã đem 2 cán binh trong toán mình về hồi chánh. Trung Tá Tỉnh trưởng Phú-Yên Nguyễn-văn-Bá đang thân mật bắt tay hai cán binh Việt-Cộng về hồi chánh. Đứng bên Trung Tá Bá là một vị Thiếu Tá Đại-Hàn. CHIÊU HỒI LÀ ĐƯỜNG SỐNG. CHIẾN ĐẤU CHO VIỆT-CỘNG LÀ ĐƯỜNG CHẾT ! SP-1567 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` THE KOREAN 28TH REGIMENT RECEIVES THE RALLIERS On 8-11-1966, at a special ceremony in Phuc-Binh hamlet, Hieu-Xuong district, the Korean 28th Regiment received 17 Viet Cong fighters who rallied to a life of freedom and peace. This is the first Viet Cong group to present itself to the 28th Regiment since that force arrived in Viet-Nam. At the ceremony the ralliers received many gifts from the Korean force, such as food, clothing and bicycles. The two ralliers given bicycles are two Viet Cong team leaders who were instrumental in bringing their other comrades to rally. These are the 17 ralliers at the ceremony of 8-11-1966 in Phuoc-Binh hamlet, Hieu-Xuong district. Viet Cong team leader Huynh-Hoc is expressing thanks to the Korean force. When Mr. Huynh-Hoc returned he brought 2 submachine guns and ammunition, and also brought 2 fighters from his team to rally. Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen-van-Ba, Phu-Yen province chief, is warmly shaking hands with two Viet Cong fighters who have rallied. Standing beside Lieutenant Colonel Ba is a Korean major. CHIEU HOI IS THE WAY OF LIFE. FIGHTING FOR THE VIET CONG IS THE WAY OF DEATH! SP-1567 ``` The hamlet name is printed once as Phúc-Bình and once as Phước-Bình; both are given as printed. [← Kien Hoa in Its Social Development and Improvement Effort (Kiến Hòa trên đường xây dựng và cải tiến xã hội)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kien-hoa-social-development-1966/) [Koreans Build Medical and Social Centers →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/koreans-build-medical-and-social-centers-1966/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Consult of the doctors on the grave illness of the Grand Sultan (Consult vande medicijnen inde swaere siekte vanden grooten Sultaen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consult-of-the-doctors-sick-sultan-antwerp-1683/) (Spanish Netherlands · 1683 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ["Jackson ticket" with Hickory tree motto, Baltimore (1828)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jackson-ticket-hickory-tree-1828/) (United States · 1828 · Bandwagon, Transfer) - [Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-stop-van-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Name-calling, Bandwagon) - [Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-whole-hog-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon) - ["Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/political-race-course-union-track-harrison-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon, Name-calling). Content note: Partisan caricature of named politicians that uses the epithet 'Black Dan' for Daniel Webster and regional stereotypes in the speech balloons. - ["Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman", April 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/grand-match-kinderhook-poney-ohio-ploughman-harrison-1836/) (United States · Apr 1836 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ['The People's Line -- Take care of the Locomotive', Whig woodcut, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peoples-line-take-care-of-the-locomotive-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Bandwagon) - ['The Fox Chace', Whig cartoon of Van Buren hunted by cider-barrel hounds, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-fox-chace-van-buren-harrison-childs-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Name-calling, Bandwagon)