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title: Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Mỹ có mặt tại đây để giúp đỡ đồng bào (U.S. Marines Are Here to Help the Villagers)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/marines-here-to-help-cordon-leaflet-1966/
description: A hand-lettered Vietnamese leaflet from a U.S. Marine's collection says the U.S. Marines are present to help the villagers and to drive off the Viet Cong…
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

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# Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Mỹ có mặt tại đây để giúp đỡ đồng bào (U.S. Marines Are Here to Help the Villagers)

A hand-lettered Vietnamese leaflet from a U.S. Marine's collection says the U.S. Marines are present to help the villagers and to drive off the Viet Cong 'by killing or capturing them', will not harm any innocent civilian, and will return if the Viet Cong 'still harass' the villagers. Five capitalised orders tell civilians to stand straight with arms on shoulders, not run, and keep away from the Viet Cong and the battle zone. The Viet Cong are labelled with the collective 'bọn' ('gang').

## Text on the object

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

```
Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Mỹ có mặt tại đây để giúp đỡ đồng bào, để đánh đuổi bọn Việt Cộng bằng cách giết hay bắt sống bọn chúng và lấy lại lương thực và vũ khí. THỦY QUÂN LỤC CHIẾN MỸ SẼ KHÔNG LÀM HẠI BẤT CỨ MỘT NGƯỜI DÂN VÔ TỘI NÀO!

ĐỪNG CAN THIỆP VÀO HÀNH ĐỘNG CỦA THỦY QUÂN LỤC CHIẾN!
HÃY ĐỨNG THẲNG VÀ HAI TAY ÔM LẤY BỜ VAI!
ĐỪNG CHẠY HAY CỐ GẮNG TRỐN THOÁT VÒNG VÂY!
HÃY TRÁNH XA BỌN VIỆT CỘNG!
HÃY TRÁNH XA VÒNG CHIẾN TRẬN!

Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Mỹ sẽ có mặt tại đây một đôi ngày. Họ sẽ đi nơi khác sau khi lục xoát, nhưng họ sẽ trở lại nếu bọn Việt Cộng vẫn còn quấy rối đồng bào.
```

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

```
The U.S. Marines are here to help the villagers, to drive off the Viet Cong by killing or capturing them and taking back food and weapons. THE U.S. MARINES WILL NOT HARM ANY INNOCENT CIVILIAN!

DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE MARINES' ACTIONS!
STAND STRAIGHT AND HOLD YOUR SHOULDERS WITH BOTH HANDS!
DO NOT RUN OR TRY TO ESCAPE THE CORDON!
KEEP AWAY FROM THE VIET CONG!
KEEP AWAY FROM THE BATTLE ZONE!

The U.S. Marines will be here a day or two. They will go elsewhere after searching, but they will return if the Viet Cong still harass the villagers.
```

Machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 'Chiến' in 'LỤC CHIẾN' is transcribed as printed (the usual spelling is 'Chiến').

[← "毛主席第七次检阅文化革命大军" (Chairman Mao reviews the great army of the Cultural Revolution for the seventh time), woven silk picture](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mao-zhou-lin-silk-picture-seventh-review-1966/) [Why should we help communists kill Americans? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mothers-crusade-help-communists-kill-americans-1966/)

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