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title: Phu Cat Hamlets Rebuilt
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rd-teams-help-phu-cat-rebuild-their-hamlets-1965-1969/
description: Under a blue banner, four photographs (the print is soft and dark) show cadres in black clothing walking through trees, working in a damaged house.
section: Collection
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[![Phu Cat Hamlets Rebuilt, 1965 US poster: Under a blue banner, four photographs (the print is soft and dark) show cadres](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/rd-teams-help-phu-cat-rebuild-their-hamlets-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/rd-teams-help-phu-cat-rebuild-their-hamlets-1965-1969.jpg)

# Phu Cat Hamlets Rebuilt

Under a blue banner, four photographs (the print is soft and dark) show cadres in black clothing walking through trees, working in a damaged house, digging a path and handing items to children in Phu Cat district. The text says villagers returned to hamlets 'devastated by the Viet Cong' and that the 'black-shirted' cadres bring confidence of victory and urge children to become useful citizens. The tell is the attribution of the damage to one party, the Viet Cong, in the same sentence as the rebuilding.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Scapegoating](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/scapegoating/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CÁC ĐOÀN CÁN BỘ XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN QUYẾT TÂM GIÚP ĐỒNG BÀO PHÙ CÁT XÂY DỰNG LẠI THÔN ẤP CỦA HỌ

ĐỒNG BÀO HÂN HOAN TRỞ VỀ ẤP MÌNH ĐÃ BỊ TÀN PHÁ QUÁ NHIỀU BỞI VIỆT CỘNG LÒNG NHƯ LÒNG HỌ CÙNG ĐOÀN XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN XÂY DỰNG LẠI.

TRUNG ÚY TRẦN NGỌC SÁNG, TỈNH ĐOÀN TRƯỞNG XÂY DỰNG NÔNG THÔN, CON NGƯỜI CÓ THỪA TIN TƯỞNG VÀ NHIỆT TÂM ĐANG CÙNG VỚI ĐOÀN SỬA SANG LẠI NGÔI NHÀ VIỆT CỘNG ĐÃ LÀM HƯ NÁT.

ĐƯỜNG SÁ CÀNG TỐT BAO NHIÊU, SỰ ĐI LẠI TRONG LÀNG CÀNG DỄ BẤY NHIÊU. NHỮNG CÁN BỘ ÁO ĐEN NẦY ĐANG GIÚP ĐỒNG BÀO HOÀN THÀNH Ý NGUYỆN ĐÓ.

CÁC CHIẾN SĨ ÁO ĐEN KHÔNG CHỈ ĐEM ĐẾN CHO ĐỒNG BÀO NIỀM TIN QUYẾT THẮNG MÀ CÒN THƯỜNG XUYÊN KHUYÊN DẠY TRẺ CON HỌC TẬP ĐỂ THÀNH CÔNG DÂN HỮU ÍCH TRONG TƯƠNG LAI.

SP-2033
```

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

```
RURAL CONSTRUCTION CADRE TEAMS ARE DETERMINED TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF PHU CAT REBUILD THEIR HAMLETS

The people return joyfully to their hamlet, so badly devastated by the Viet Cong, and rebuild it together with the Rural Construction team.

Lieutenant Tran Ngoc Sang, provincial Rural Construction team leader, a man of ample confidence and enthusiasm, is working with the team to repair the house the Viet Cong ruined.

The better the roads, the easier travel within the village. These black-shirted cadres are helping the people to fulfil that wish.

The black-shirted fighters not only bring the people confidence in certain victory but also regularly teach the children to study so as to become useful citizens in the future.

SP-2033
```

The first caption's wording ('lòng như lòng họ') is as printed and reads as a typesetting slip; rendered here by sense. Some small words are faint in the dark print. Translation is FRAME's literal rendering and is not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Quốc Khánh 1965 (National Day 1965)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/quoc-khanh-national-day-1965-poster-1965/) [RD Teams Serve Bac-Lieu →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rd-teams-work-hard-for-the-people-of-bac-lieu-1965-1969/)

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