Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5204.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.85]) by tyner.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tdkvn7.dlv.37kbi5q for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 01:11:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010416051001.2967.qmail@web5204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.102.156] by web5204.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:10:01 PDT Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 312 To: MPCGram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ==================================================== MPC Gram ==================================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------------- Series 002-Number 312 Monday, April 16, 2001 The Psychological Warfare Leaflets of the Vietnam War Book by Jerry Berry My wife, Donna, and I have written a book about the psychological warfare leaflets used during the Vietnam War and have made it available on CD-ROM. I believe readers of Fred Schwan’s MPCgram will find the PsyOp book CD interesting reading, because it contains several pages describing how we (Free World Military Assistance Forces (FWMAF) used North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese money as psychological leaflets. The currency leaflets were aimed at the Viet Cong. Some were counterfeit notes, some real. A propaganda message was printed on a small-extended detachable stub to the left side of the Dong notes. There are colored illustrations of the several currency leaflets on the CD. As a combat photographer and reporter during the Vietnam War, my job was to chronicle the war in pictures and newspaper articles. My inherently curious nature led me to pick up these peculiar pieces of paper during my treks through the jungles, along trails, and in the rice paddies of South Vietnam. Even though I could not read Vietnamese, these strange leaflets still intrigued me greatly. I had heard about leaflets from the WW II Era and had even seen pictures of them in library books and magazines, but to actually find a psychological warfare leaflet myself was an exciting experience. This was my first exposure to actual wartime propaganda leaflets, yet I did not give much thought to the story behind these powerful pieces of paper. After returning home from the Vietnam War, I put away my collection of leaflets and brought them out only on those occasions when I was asked to speak about the war at schools, VFW or Lions Club events. Occasionally, members of the audience would remark that they or someone they knew had one or more of these leaflets and were curious to learn about the messages printed on them. Of course, I could not begin to translate the Vietnamese messages into English for these inquisitive people. The leaflet messages were still a mystery to me as well. The idea for this book came to me as I was searching for information on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets to include in another book I am currently writing--"They Called Us Currahees"-- about my military unit-the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry (Currahees) of the 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles). Since numerous frustrating searches for detailed information on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets yielded very little on this topic, I decided to write a basic reference book for others interested in learning about propaganda leaflet reproduction, distribution, and the psychology behind the messages printed on them. It is my sincere hope that this publication will serve as a small reservoir of knowledge for secondary school students as well as a suitable reference for the academic community of colleges and universities. This book does not pretend to be a scholarly work or a complete dissertation on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets. The subject is much too broad, detailed, and complicated to cover in one publication. With the exception of an occasional comment, I have avoided any major discussion of the political aspect of the Vietnam War or the Socialist culture of Vietnam. Countless pages have been written about the Vietnam War, but my purpose in publishing this book is to explain a few of the many thousands of different propaganda leaflets distributed throughout Vietnam during the war as well as the messages the leaflets attempted to convey to a target audience by using a combination of photographs, graphics, and the printed language. This publication includes those leaflets from my personal collection, together with other examples contributed by my fellow soldiers (Americans and Australians) who also kept some of these leaflets as souvenirs of the Vietnam War. I have had all of them translated into English by Vietnamese and others. I promise that you will find the book interesting. I cannot afford to have it published in book form at the present time, so I have decided to have the manuscript put on CD-ROM. The CD version is available for distribution and contains a graphic image of each page (188 pages) as well as the cover. It is configured using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and comes with the Acrobat Reader software, help files, and the Search Plug-In Program for installing. There are over 100 illustrations of both Free World Military Assistance Forces, as well as Communist leaflets (color and B&W). I have offered to print the manuscript (on my home printer) and have it bound for anyone requesting an autographed copy, which I have already done for several people ($40.00 + $3.50 S&H). I am asking $25.00 plus S&H. Your choice for shipping is $3.50 for priority mail, or $1.50 for regular mail. I have attached a photo of the CD. I hope you will consider buying a copy. You can purchase the CD by credit card from my website (Gift Shop Page): www.currahee.org E-mail: currahee@lclink.com Website: www.currahee.org ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- I will be out of town all week fulfilling a family obligation (nephew getting married). We will try to keep the gram going and tend to other email too, but I will not be reachable at the Ohio phone numbers. I will probably give a phone number here in the Gram tomorrow (once I confirm it). =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Editor, Are the MPCGramers going to stay in one particular hotel for the ANA in Atlanta? I want to make my reservations, but, if possible, would like to be with the gang. I will be driving down from Virginia so I will have my Honda CR-V to get around, but I do not really want to be OUT of town. Please tell me where most of "us" are staying. Thanks. Howard Howard A. Daniel III Hello Howard, Thanks for writing. Paymaster and I are staying at the Holiday Inn in Atlanta. I do not know exactly the name etc., but it is the one close to the convention center. I got a rate of something like $75 so jumped on it. I will try to find the phone numbers and other particulars, but even if I forget, you should be able to find it. We might be able to have a mini fest there! Editor =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 --------------------------------------------------- Not only does the scholarship fund have an official identity but also has a bank account! Any further donations should be paid to the order of "Military Numismatists Scholarship" and sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 THE UPDATED LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS 3/22/01. These folks have generously provided money or material to finance scholarships to the ANA WWII Numismatics seminar. Your contributions will help promote collecting WWII material and be greatly appreciated. Many donations were received at CPMX and MPCFest. Mr. Anonymous Donor, Mike Cummings, Sue and Keith Bauman, Ed B., Doug Bell, Tom Denly, Denly's, R. A. Medina, Harold “MPCKid” Kroll, Leo "Paymaster" May, Mrs. R.C. Matherne, Bill McNease, Mel and Jeremy Steinberg, Marcus Turner, Larry Ski, Guido, Fred, PK6, Joel Shafer, World Wide Ventures, Pam West, John and Nancy Wilson, Neil Shafer, W. E. Yanchick, Mark Watson, Al Glaser, Phil Goldstein, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Kevin Maloy, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Tom Warburton, Dick Freyser, Tim Kyzivat ==================================================== Post/Base Exchange (PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale will be run here for free. Send your ads to the gram. This service is for everyone, most humble dealer or most advanced collector. The point is to make the gram more interesting. Send in a list of items for sale and we will list them here in the gram. In all cases confirm your order via email first. FOR SALE For Sale: One Pound Australian Currency, Fanning Island Plantations, LTD (SB#1541 pg 216). This is the whole note! VF Condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Scan available upon request. $450. Contact marcus@papermoneyworld.com. For Sale: British Military Authority X Notes, (BMA). Used for the invasion of Tripolitania and Sicily in 1943, and put in use 1944 in Greece at the request of the Greek government. S/B303b, 2/6 VF @ $150.00 and S/B304b 5/- VF @ $175.00. or the pair @ $300.00. Note that these are the rare code letter X notes. It is likely that this letter was used exclusively in Yugoslavia. Contact Mpckid@papermoneyworld.com WANTED Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. Dealers and collectors who have these items are then encouraged to list them for sale in the above section. 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