--- title: Lần thứ hai chiến thắng Bu-Prang, Quảng-Đức (Another Victory at Bu Prang, Quang Duc) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lan-thu-hai-chien-thang-bu-prang-quang-duc-1966/ description: A pink-toned portrait sheet reports a second 'victory' at Bu Prang post on the night of 23 to 24 March 1966, with a boxed list of enemy dead and captured section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Lần thứ hai chiến thắng Bu-Prang, Quảng-Đức **Content note:** Photographs on the sheet show dead soldiers lying on open ground, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) [![Lần thứ hai chiến thắng Bu-Prang, Quảng-Đức, 1966 US poster: A pink-toned portrait sheet reports a second 'victory' at Bu](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lan-thu-hai-chien-thang-bu-prang-quang-duc-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lan-thu-hai-chien-thang-bu-prang-quang-duc-1966.jpg) # Lần thứ hai chiến thắng Bu-Prang, Quảng-Đức (Another Victory at Bu Prang, Quang Duc) A pink-toned portrait sheet reports a second 'victory' at Bu Prang post on the night of 23 to 24 March 1966, with a boxed list of enemy dead and captured weapons and photographs of a captured gun, a commendation parade, piled munitions and fields of dead soldiers. The closing line calls the dead 'fanatical Communists' and says 'this must be the fate' reserved for them. The tell is the tally of enemy losses and arms, presented without any of the issuing side's losses, ending in a warning. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` LẦN THỨ HAI CHIẾN THẮNG BU-PRANG, QUẢNG-ĐỨC 1 TRUNG ĐOÀN V.C LẠI BỊ THẢM BẠI TẠI ĐỒN BU-PRANG, QUẬN KIẾN-ĐỨC, TỈNH QUẢNG-ĐỨC, TRONG ĐÊM 23 RẠNG 24-3-66, TRƯỚC TINH THẦN CHIẾN ĐẤU OAI HÙNG CỦA 2 ĐẠI ĐỘI 901 VÀ 285 Đ.P.Q. ĐƯỢC TĂNG CƯỜNG BỞI 1 TRUNG ĐỘI NGHĨA QUÂN. KẾT QUẢ: a/- NHÂN SỐ — 212 xác chết đếm tại chỗ, trong số có 1 thiếu tá V.C, — một số khác chết và bị thương được đồng bọn mang đi — 3 tên bị bắt sống làm tù binh. b/- VŨ KHÍ — 1 đại bác 75 ly, — 2 thượng liên phòng không, — 1 đại liên 50, — 1 nòng đại liên, — 17 k.56, — 1 súng trường Nga, — 95 quả đạn 75 ly, — 90 kg thuốc nổ TNT, — 25 Bangalor, — 6 mìn Claymore, — 6 đạn B.40, — 550 lựu đạn nội hoá, — 5.000 viên đạn đủ loại, — 1.000 thước giây điện thoại, — một số thuốc men và quân trang quân dụng. Đây, những người hùng của tiền đồn biên giới Bu-Prang đang nhận lời khen thưởng của Chuẩn Tướng tư lệnh khu 23 C.T. Với những vũ khí lớn nhỏ đủ loại này V.C hy vọng phục được cái hận thảm bại ngày 28-12-65, nhưng thêm một lần nữa chúng lại thất bại ê-chề, phải bỏ tất cả để chạy thoát lấy thân. Từ bốn phía, V.C ồ-ạt tấn công đồn thì cũng tại bốn phía xác chết V.C nằm phơi đầy mặt đất !! ĐÂY PHẢI LÀ SỐ PHẬN DÀNH SẴN CHO NHỮNG TÊN CỘNG-SẢN CUỒNG TÍN CHUYÊN MÔN GÂY CHIẾN PHÁ HOẠI. SP-1104 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` SECOND TIME VICTORY BU-PRANG, QUANG-DUC A V.C. REGIMENT DEFEATED AGAIN At Bu-Prang post, Kien-Duc district, Quang-Duc province, on the night of the 23rd going into the 24th of 3-66 [March 1966], before the heroic fighting spirit of 2 companies, 901 and 285 of the Civilian Irregular Defence Group [Đ.P.Q.], reinforced by 1 platoon of Popular Forces [Nghĩa Quân]. RESULT: a/- PERSONNEL — 212 bodies counted on the spot, among them 1 V.C. major, — a number of others dead and wounded carried away by their comrades — 3 captured alive as prisoners of war. b/- WEAPONS — 1 75mm cannon, — 2 anti-aircraft machine guns, — 1 .50 heavy machine gun, — 1 heavy machine-gun barrel, — 17 K.56s, — 1 Russian rifle, — 95 75mm rounds, — 90 kg of TNT explosive, — 25 Bangalore torpedoes, — 6 Claymore mines, — 6 B.40 rounds, — 550 home-made grenades, — 5,000 rounds of ammunition of all kinds, — 1,000 metres of telephone wire, — a quantity of medicine and military uniforms. Here, the heroes of the Bu-Prang border outpost receive the commendation of the Brigadier General commanding Zone 23 C.T. [Tactical Zone]. With these large and small weapons of every kind the V.C. hoped to avenge the defeat of 28-12-65, but once again they failed miserably and had to abandon everything to run for their lives. From four sides the V.C. swarmed to attack the post, and likewise on four sides the V.C. dead lie sprawled over the ground!! THIS MUST BE THE FATE RESERVED FOR FANATICAL COMMUNISTS WHO SPECIALISE IN MAKING WAR AND DESTRUCTION. SP-1104 ``` Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering; abbreviations (Đ.P.Q., Nghĩa Quân, C.T.) are glossed in brackets by FRAME. Some diacritics in the smaller body text are faint. [← Lam Dong Province: A Prosperous People, a Strong Nation](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lam-dong-province-self-help-1966/) [Nụ cười đầu tiên của em Lê Thị Cam (Little Le Thi Cam's First Smile) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/little-le-thi-cam-first-smile-1966/) ## 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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