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title: 'Long-Trường Thủ-Đức: Mồ chôn Việt Cộng (Long Truong Thu Duc, Graveyard of the VC)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/long-truong-thu-duc-graveyard-of-the-vc-1965-1969/
description: A Vietnamese photo sheet reports a Viet Cong attack on three hamlets of Long Truong village, Thu Duc district, at 1 a.m.
section: Collection
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**Content note:** A photograph, as issued, of a dead man lying face-down in mud, captioned on the sheet as a Viet Cong fighter. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Long-Trường Thủ-Đức: Mồ chôn Việt Cộng, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese photo sheet reports a Viet Cong attack on three hamlets](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/long-truong-thu-duc-graveyard-of-the-vc-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/long-truong-thu-duc-graveyard-of-the-vc-1965-1969.jpg)

# Long-Trường Thủ-Đức: Mồ chôn Việt Cộng (Long Truong Thu Duc, Graveyard of the VC)

A Vietnamese photo sheet reports a Viet Cong attack on three hamlets of Long Truong village, Thu Duc district, at 1 a.m. on 20 August 1965, giving a count of eight bodies left, about 40 killed or wounded and carried off, and seven weapons seized. Photographs show captured weapons, the district chief praising troops, villagers describing the fight and a dead man lying in mud captioned as a bloodthirsty VC. The page sets a victory tally and a body photograph beside a labelling phrase for the dead.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

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

```
LONG-TRƯỜNG THỦ-ĐỨC

MỒ CHÔN VIỆT CỘNG

TRẬN CHIẾN LONG-TRƯỜNG
Hồi 1 giờ sáng ngày 20 tháng 8 năm 1965, chừng 1 Đại Đội Việt Cộng tấn công 3 ấp Tân Sinh Tam-Đa, Phước-Hiệp và Phước-Lai thuộc xã Long-Trường, Quận Thủ-Đức, Tỉnh Gia-Định, do Nghĩa Quân và Địa Phương Quân trú đóng.
Nhờ sự kiên tâm, anh dũng chiến đấu của toàn thể các chiến sĩ, ta đã đẩy lui được nhiều đợt tấn công khốc liệt của Việt Cộng.
Kết quả: 8 xác Việt Cộng phơi thây tại trận địa và chừng 40 tên vừa chết vừa bị thương được đồng bọn đem đi ( máu chảy đầy đồng ).
Tịch thu được 7 khẩu súng đủ loại và nhiều đạn dược, quân trang, quân dược, v.v....
Hay tin Việt Cộng tấn công, Trung Tá Trần-văn-Mành, Quận Trưởng Thủ-Đức điều động binh sĩ tăng viện và đại bác yểm trợ, nâng cao tinh thần chiến đấu cho toàn thể anh em binh sĩ.
Long-Trường trước đây thường bị Việt Cộng phá rối, nay là mồ chôn Việt Cộng. Đồng bào các giới đều hân hoan về chiến thắng này.

Trung Tá Trần-văn-Mành Quận Trưởng Thủ-Đức ngỏ lời khen ngợi các chiến sĩ hữu công.

Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng đang chú ý đến các loại đạn dược.

Đồng bào đang tường thuật trận đánh và ai nấy đều tỏ vẻ hân hoan.

Trung Tá Tỉnh Trưởng đang hỏi han đồng bào về sự sinh hoạt hằng ngày và những hành động phá hoại của Việt Cộng tại địa phương.

Đây những tên Việt Cộng khát máu đền tội.
```

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

```
LONG TRUONG, THU DUC

GRAVEYARD OF THE VIET CONG

THE BATTLE OF LONG TRUONG
At 1 a.m. on 20 August 1965, about one company of Viet Cong attacked the three hamlets of Tan Sinh Tam-Da, Phuoc-Hiep and Phuoc-Lai of Long Truong village, Thu Duc district, Gia Dinh province, garrisoned by the Popular Forces and Regional Forces.
Thanks to the perseverance and heroic fighting of all the soldiers, we repelled many fierce Viet Cong attacks.
Result: 8 Viet Cong bodies left lying on the battlefield and about 40 men, dead and wounded, carried away by their comrades (blood flowed all over the field).
Seized 7 weapons of various kinds and much ammunition, uniforms, medical supplies, etc.
On hearing of the Viet Cong attack, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Van Manh, Thu Duc District Chief, sent reinforcements and artillery support, raising the fighting spirit of all the soldiers.
Long Truong was formerly often disrupted by the Viet Cong; it is now the Viet Cong's graveyard. Compatriots of all walks of life are delighted at this victory.

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Van Manh, Thu Duc District Chief, expresses praise for the meritorious fighters.

The Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief is attending to the various kinds of ammunition.

The people are recounting the battle and everyone shows delight.

The Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief is asking the people about daily life and the Viet Cong's sabotage in the locality.

These bloodthirsty Viet Cong pay for their crimes.
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, not verified by a fluent reader. 'Tỉnh Trưởng' (province chief) and 'Quận Trưởng' (district chief) are rendered as printed even though both titles are given to the same rank in the captions.

[← 'Lip Mending' Program at Quang Tri Hospital](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lip-mending-quang-tri-hospital-1965-1969/) [Long-Trường Thủ-Đức, mồ chôn Việt Cộng (Long Truong, Thu Duc, Graveyard of the Viet Cong) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/long-truong-thu-duc-mo-chon-viet-cong-1965/)

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