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title: 'Một chiến công của Tiểu đoàn 2/47: trận núi Sầm đêm 15-6-1967 (A Victory of the 2/47 Battalion: The Battle of Nui Sam, Night of 15-6-1967)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/victory-2-47-battalion-nui-sam-1967/
description: A landscape-format Vietnamese-language poster in six captioned photographs reports a Viet Cong attack on a South Vietnamese command post at Nui Sam
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A poster whose first photograph shows enemy dead lying on the ground among soldiers and civilian onlookers, printed as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# Một chiến công của Tiểu đoàn 2/47: trận núi Sầm đêm 15-6-1967 (A Victory of the 2/47 Battalion: The Battle of Nui Sam, Night of 15-6-1967)

A landscape-format Vietnamese-language poster in six captioned photographs reports a Viet Cong attack on a South Vietnamese command post at Nui Sam on the night of 15 to 16 June 1967, which it says left 46 enemy dead, followed by a general pinning a gold star on the battalion commander, awards to 31 officers and men, a display of captured weapons and a crowd welcoming the unit. The first photograph shows bodies on the ground among onlookers. The tell is the sequence of enemy dead, decorations and civilian welcome, which presents the engagement as a victory with public recognition.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
MỘT CHIẾN-CÔNG CỦA TIỂU-ĐOÀN 2/47: trận núi Sầm đêm 15-6-1967

Trong đêm 15 rạng ngày 16/6/67, một tiểu đoàn chủ lực Việt-Cộng đã đến tấn công bộ Chỉ huy Chiến dịch X.D.N.T. tại Núi Sầm (Tiểu đoàn 2/47), nhưng chúng đã thảm bại, và sau khi rút lui đã để lại trận địa 46 xác chết và nhiều vũ khí.

Trung Tướng Vĩnh-Lộc Tư lịnh Quân đoàn II vùng II Chiến-thuật đã đích thân đến tận núi Sầm thăm viếng và tưởng thưởng anh dũng bội tinh với ngôi sao vàng cho Thiếu tá Nguyễn-văn-Trọng Tiểu đoàn trưởng tiểu đoàn 2/47, người chỉ huy trong trận chiến thắng này.

Các sĩ quan, hạ sĩ quan và binh sĩ hữu công trong trận chiến thắng cũng được Trung tá tỉnh trưởng Phú-Yên lần lượt trao tặng huy chương.

Trung tướng Vĩnh-Lộc, Đại tá Nguyễn-văn-Hiếu tư lịnh khu 22 Chiến-thuật đang xem các chiến lợi phẩm thu được trong trận núi Sầm.

Trên đây là 31 Sĩ quan, hạ sĩ quan và binh sĩ hữu công trong trận chiến thắng Việt-Cộng đêm 15 rạng ngày 16/6/67 đã được tưởng thưởng.

Các đoàn ngũ nhân dân tại Phú-Yên, hân hoan chào mừng chiến công của Tiểu đoàn 2/47 .

Banner in photograph: HOAN HÔ CHIẾN-THẮNG CỦA TIỂU-ĐOÀN 2/47

SP- 2117
```

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

```
A FEAT OF ARMS OF THE 2/47 BATTALION: the battle of Nui Sam, night of 15-6-1967

In the night of the 15th going into the 16th of June 1967, a Viet Cong main-force battalion came to attack the headquarters of the X.D.N.T. campaign at Nui Sam (2/47 Battalion), but they were badly defeated and, after withdrawing, left on the field 46 corpses and many weapons.

Lieutenant General Vinh Loc, Commander of II Corps, II Tactical Zone, came in person to Nui Sam to visit and award the Gallantry Cross with a gold star to Major Nguyen Van Trong, commander of the 2/47 Battalion, who led this victorious battle.

The officers, noncommissioned officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves in the victory were also awarded medals in turn by the Lieutenant Colonel province chief of Phu Yen.

Lieutenant General Vinh Loc and Colonel Nguyen Van Hieu, commander of the 22nd Tactical Zone [sector], examining the spoils taken in the Nui Sam battle.

Above are the 31 officers, noncommissioned officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves in the victory over the Viet Cong on the night of the 15th into the 16th of June 1967 and have been rewarded.

People's delegations in Phu Yen joyfully welcome the feat of arms of the 2/47 Battalion.

Banner in photograph: LONG LIVE THE VICTORY OF THE 2/47 BATTALION

SP-2117
```

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