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This flyer lets South Vietnamese citizens who defected to North Vietnamese know that they can return home. The front of the flyer shows a man looking back at home as he thinks of his family. The...
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This propaganda leaflet tells North Vietnamese fighters that they are being misled and used by those trying to bring Vietnam under the tyranny of Communism. These unnamed traitors would have been...
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This propaganda leaflet is written from the point of view of A South Vietnamese citizen after he spent two years fighting for North Vietnam. The writer discusses how the destruction and violence that...
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In this propaganda leaflet the author is speaking to the Viet Cong following the Tet Offensive. According to the author, the Tet offensive failed to achieve its goals, and it shows how the Viet Cong...
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This propaganda leaflet describes the soldiers of North Vietnam as suffering from the hardships of life at the front and from homesickness. The leaflet asks what the hardship is all for, just to make...
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This propaganda leaflet shows a bustling market area as an example of life in South Vietnam. The leaflet explains that South Vietnam was a free, prosperous nation and that it was improving every day...
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A lightweight and thin, silver star-shaped medal hanging from a small rectangular pin than says '1962.' The central device in the star shows a waving red and blue flag with a gold star in the center...
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A lightweight and thin, scalloped circle-shaped medal hanging from a small rectangular pin than says '1963.' The central device is a red circle with a silver star surrounded by the words 'chien si thi...
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A lightweight and thin, gold star-shaped medal sitting on a stippled, red circle and hanging from a small rectangular pin than says 'thanh pho go chi minh.' The central device shows a firearm and a...
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A thin, scalloped badge with a side-profile of Ho Chi Minh and the word 'cháu ngoan bác hồ' in gold foil. 'Cháu ngoan bác hồ' translates as 'Good Nephew Uncle Ho.'
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A lightweight and thin, squared-shaped medal on the diagonal. The meal is red with a gold boarder all the way around and a gold star in the center. The star is surrounded by golden rays and a laurel...
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A thin, circular bronze badge with a central star motif and surrounded by laurel wreaths, the background originally covered in green paint. The badge has a screw back, allowing it to be fastened as a...
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James B. Cain's brown leather flight jacket with fur collar and patches from the USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14), USS Yorktown (CVS-10) and USS Regulus (AF-57).
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A blue, Vietnam-era Marine pilot's helmet, with white and gold skull and lightning motif of the Grey Ghosts fighter squadron. A label with the name 'Chambless' is present on the front and back of the...
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A US Navy peacoat with the name 'Robert K. Lamb' embroidered inside with Chinese characters and colorful dragon design. The plastic navy blue buttons have an anchor design.
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A thin, yellow sheet metal sign with red lettering which has been mounted to a wooden placard by a secondary party. The yellow and red painted sign has chipped and faded down to the silver metallic...
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A long, olive-drab piece of fabric with a black metal cinch on one end with an instruction label sewn near it.
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Camouflaged sterile field dressing in the original brown, cardboard packaging. The package gives both manufacturing specifications of the field dressing and instructions on how to use it.
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A thin, circular badge with a side-profile of Ho Chi Minh and the word 'chủ tịch hồ chí minh' in gold foil. 'Chủ tịch hồ chí minh' translates as 'President Ho Chi Minh.'
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The Congressional Medal of Honor Society will celebrate National Medal of Honor Day at its headquarters onboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, and you are invited to take...