National Catalog of PSYOPS Materials - Paperless Archives

Communist youth throughout Vietnam have been urged to emulate
him. A ccording to the communist story Be was captured on 30
May 1966 after fighting like a tiger to defend the arms and
ammunition he was helping to transport along a canal near My­
An. Supposedly, he was later forced to explain how a new mine
worked, and seizing the opportunity he exploded it with his own
hands against an armored vehicle. The communist claimed that
Be gladly gave up his life for the cause and killed 69 Americans
and ARVN troops. An heroic act. indeed!
1. This photograph of a statue built in hon(l~ of the "late
hero" was published on the front page of the Hanoi newspaper
Van Nghe on 6 Januar~r 1967. It is supposed to show Be at the
moment he sacrificed his life.
2. But, read what Mr. Be has to say: "W'e were convoying
ammunition along a canal in My-Ar c-:istric:. When I ;-,eard GVN
shots I plunged into a cana;_ ... I was captured ':".'te~ _ jumped into
the water. I never die any Jf the things th~~r s"ti.d ; -, '1. Why
would the Front say sU'~b things') If
3. Look At Thie ---
Here is the "dead hero" alive and well. He t':'c'eading
about his own death in the imoc,rtant Hanoi neW80aper "_f.en
Phong which carried the fantashc story on the front " ge of the 7
December 1966 issue. Stmilar stories were broadca~c,-:: 've~
Radio Hanoi and Liberc ti-'; Radio, and many poeme 3:". songs
have been written about tL: "latE hero" Nguyen 'an .8.,