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title: Sơ kết thành tích của quân lực Việt Mỹ (Summary of Achievements of the GVN-US Forces)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/summary-of-achievements-gvn-us-forces-1965/
description: A Vietnamese-language poster tabulates eleven engagements between August and mid-November 1965, giving for each a place.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A poster whose last photograph, captioned as Viet Cong dead left on the battlefield, shows bodies lying on the ground, printed as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# Sơ kết thành tích của quân lực Việt Mỹ (Summary of Achievements of the GVN-US Forces)

A Vietnamese-language poster tabulates eleven engagements between August and mid-November 1965, giving for each a place, date and count of Viet Cong killed, captured or rallied, beside photographs of captured weapons, allied soldiers in action and a field of Viet Cong dead. A closing banner says the Communists will soon be swept out of free South Vietnam. The tell is the one-sided ledger of enemy losses, with no allied casualties given, ending in a prediction of victory.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SƠ KẾT THÀNH TÍCH CỦA QUÂN LỰC VIỆT MỸ

TỪ THƯỢNG TUẦN THÁNG 8 ĐẾN TRUNG TUẦN THÁNG 11 NĂM 1965

BA-LÒNG(Quảng-Trị) 14-28/8/65 : 500 VC bị giết, 200 vũ khí bị tịch thu và mật khu Ba-Lòng hoàn toàn bị phá hủy.
CHU-LAI(Quảng-Ngãi) 18-23/8/65 : 614 VC bị giết, 122 bị bắt sống.
BỒNG-SƠN, PHÚ-MỸ, PHÙ-CŨ(Bình-Định) 23-28/9 : trên 2000 VC bị giết.
AN-KHÊ 18/9/65 : 226 VC bị giết, 1 hầm chứa thuốc phiện bị tịch thu.
ĐIỆN-BAN(Quảng-Nam) 19/9/65 : 168 VC bị giết, 64 bị bắt sống, 41 quy thuận Chính Phủ VNCH.
ĐỨC-CƠ(Plei-Ku) 6-13/8/65 : 566 VC bị giết và 6 bị bắt sống.
CHIẾN KHU D 14-24/9/65 : 45 VC bị giết chết và 75 tên bị bắt sống.
KINH BƯNG-LỚN (Vĩnh-Bình) 3/9/65 : 59 VC bị giết, 100 tên khác tử thương bị đồng bọn chôn vùi vội vã trong một hầm lớn.
NĂM-CĂN 14/8/65 : 42 VC bị giết .
PLEI-ME cách biên giới Cam-Bốt 5 dặm : gần 2000 quân chính quy Bắc-Việt bị giết.
CHƯƠNG-THIỆN 16/11/65 : 110 tên VC bị giết và một số khí giới, tài liệu quan trọng của VC bị tịch thu.

Khí giới quân ta tịch thu tại Ba Lòng
Chiến trường Chu Lai
Khí giới tịch thu tại An Khê và Bồng Sơn
Tại trận Plei Me ta tịch thu được rất nhiều khí giới hạng nặng chế tạo tại Trung Cộng
Xác VC để lại chiến trường

VỚI ĐÀ CHIẾN THẮNG NÀY CHẲNG BAO LÂU NỮA CỘNG SẢN SẼ BỊ QUÉT SẠCH KHỎI MIỀN NAM TỰ DO

SP-882
```

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

```
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN FORCES

From early August to mid-November 1965

BA LONG (Quang Tri) 14-28/8/65: 500 VC killed, 200 weapons seized and the Ba Long base area completely destroyed.
CHU LAI (Quang Ngai) 18-23/8/65: 614 VC killed, 122 captured alive.
BONG SON, PHU MY, PHU CU (Binh Dinh) 23-28/9: over 2,000 VC killed.
AN KHE 18/9/65: 226 VC killed, 1 opium storage pit seized.
DIEN BAN (Quang Nam) 19/9/65: 168 VC killed, 64 captured alive, 41 rallied to the Government of the Republic of Vietnam.
DUC CO (Pleiku) 6-13/8/65: 566 VC killed and 6 captured alive.
WAR ZONE D 14-24/9/65: 45 VC killed dead and 75 captured alive.
KINH BUNG LON (Vinh Binh) 3/9/65: 59 VC killed, 100 others dead of wounds, hastily buried by their comrades in a large pit.
NAM CAN 14/8/65: 42 VC killed.
PLEI ME, 5 miles from the Cambodian border: nearly 2,000 North Vietnamese regulars killed.
CHUONG THIEN 16/11/65: 110 VC killed and a number of weapons and important VC documents seized.

Weapons our forces seized at Ba Long
The Chu Lai battlefield
Weapons seized at An Khe and Bong Son
At the Plei Me battle we seized a great many heavy weapons made in Communist China
VC bodies left on the battlefield

WITH THESE VICTORIES, BEFORE LONG THE COMMUNISTS WILL BE SWEPT OUT OF FREE SOUTH VIETNAM

SP-882
```

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