Thắng (Victory): Voice of the Special Forces and B.K.Q. B33, Tay Ninh, 1965 US poster: A two-panel printer's layout

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

Date
1965
Period
Cold War
Made by
Republic of Vietnam Special Forces (LLĐB) and B.K.Q. B33, Tay Ninh, as printed; in the NARA JUSPAO psychological-warfare poster series
Region
North America
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Military
Regime
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Own forces
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Theme
War and the military
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Rights
NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Republic of Vietnam Special Forces (LLĐB) and B.K.Q. B33, Tay Ninh, as printed; in the NARA JUSPAO psychological-warfare poster series. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-9-678.

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)