Những gì sẽ xảy đến cho các bạn nếu các bạn bị thương nặng (What Will Happen to You If You Are Seriously Wounded), leaflet ATF-021-70

Two-sided leaflet. One side is a text block stating that allied forces found this fighter on 10 August 1970, abandoned by comrades with a serious foot wound, and that he is now safe, then asking what will happen to the reader if seriously wounded far from family. The other side is a photograph of a Western medic kneeling to dress an injured Vietnamese man's foot. The tell: a documented case of care is paired with a question about the reader's own risk of abandonment.

Date: August 17, 1970
Period: Cold War
Made by: 1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force (Nui Dat), for the South Vietnamese Chieu Hoi programme
Region: Oceania
Country: Australia
Medium: Leaflet
Issuer type: Military
Regime: Gorton Government
Leader: John Gorton
Audience: Enemy forces
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes: War and the military, Health
Event: Vietnam War
Techniques: Fear appeal Testimonial
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: Australian War Memorial (Official Records, 1st Psychological Operations Unit leaflets), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain per holder (AWM: 'Copyright expired. Permission for reproduction not required'; issued 1970)
1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force, 1970; Australian War Memorial RC02804 (ATF-021-70).

Text on the object

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

[Side 1]
LỰC-LƯỢNG ĐỒNG-MINH ĐÃ TÌM GẶP CHIẾN-SĨ NẦY VÀO NGÀY 10 THÁNG 08 NĂM 1970. ANH TA ĐÃ BỊ CÁC ĐỒNG-ĐỘI BỎ RƠI KHI ĐANG QUẰN QUẠI VÌ VẾT THƯƠNG TRẦM-TRỌNG NƠI CHÂN.
GIỜ ĐÂY CHIẾN-SĨ NẦY ĐÃ ĐƯỢC AN TOÀN
NHỮNG GÌ SẼ XẢY ĐẾN CHO CÁC BẠN NẾU CÁC BẠN BỊ THƯƠNG NẶNG KHI Ở XA GIA-ĐÌNH ?
ATF-021-70

[Side 2]
Một y-tá người Úc-Đại-Lợi đang chăm sóc vết thương cho một chiến-sĩ địch. 10-08-70

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

[Side 1]
ALLIED FORCES FOUND THIS FIGHTER ON 10 AUGUST 1970. HE HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY HIS COMRADES WHILE WRITHING FROM A SERIOUS WOUND TO HIS FOOT.
NOW THIS FIGHTER IS SAFE
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED FAR FROM YOUR FAMILY?
ATF-021-70

[Side 2]
An Australian medic tending the wound of an enemy fighter. 10-08-70

Both sides read from the AWM scans. The AWM identification strips ('AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL' and the accession number) at the foot of each scan are part of the scan and are omitted. The hosted image places the two sides of the leaflet one above the other (or side by side), joined by FRAME from AWM's two scans of the same object. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader; AWM's English translation was consulted.