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title: 'Thắng (Victory): Voice of the Special Forces and B.K.Q. B33, Tay Ninh'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thang-voice-of-special-forces-tay-ninh-b33-1965-1969/
description: A two-panel printer's layout for a Vietnamese-language publication titled 'Thắng' (Victory), 'Voice of LLĐB and B.K.Q. B33 Tay Ninh'.
section: Collection
---

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# Thắng (Victory): Voice of the Special Forces and B.K.Q. B33, Tay Ninh

A two-panel printer's layout for a Vietnamese-language publication titled 'Thắng' (Victory), 'Voice of LLĐB and B.K.Q. B33 Tay Ninh'. The right panel shows a parachute, a green beret and a dagger set against a yellow map of Vietnam; the left panel shows a winged parachute badge and a quotation from the Special Forces commander calling the unit 'pioneer guerrilla fighters' charged with liberating 'millions of suffering people beyond the iron curtain'. Unit badge and national map are fused into one emblem.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
thắng
TIẾNG NÓI CỦA LLĐB & B.K.Q. B33 TÂY-NINH
SỐ THÁNG

L.L.Đ.B. Những chiến-sĩ du-kích tiên-phong lãnh sứ mạng giải-phóng triệu-triệu con người đau-khổ bên kia màn-sắt.
(Lời Chuẩn-Tướng T.L.L.L.Đ.B.)
```

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

```
VICTORY
VOICE OF THE SPECIAL FORCES & B.K.Q. B33 TAY NINH
ISSUE OF THE MONTH [month number blank]

The Special Forces: pioneer guerrilla fighters who carry the mission of liberating millions upon millions of suffering people beyond the iron curtain.
(Words of the Brigadier General, Commander of the Special Forces)
```

[← Tet: Yellow Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Every Hamlet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tet-yellow-apricot-blossoms-1965-1969/) [Thanh Binh District, Kien Phong Province, Engages in Rural Reconstruction →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thanh-binh-district-rural-reconstruction-1965-1969/)

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