Vietnam War 5 VC Propaganda Leaflets Against US 25th INFANTRY DIVISION *Unused*

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Vietnam war 5 unissued VietCong propaganda leaflets (photocopies) with a reward of "100.000 DONG" (piasters) to anyone who captured a member of US Army 25th INFANTRY Division combat units. Each paper measures 11" by 8.5", unused condition. Vietnamese phrase at the bottom of each document means "American Troop Invaders ! They Are Enemy Who Can't Co-Exist With Us Under Same Sky !"
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In response to a request from the U.S. Military Assistance Command in
Vietnam (MACV)
, the
25th Infantry Division
sent 100 helicopter door-gunners to the
Republic of Vietnam
in early 1963.
By mid 1965, 2,200 men of the Tropic Lightning Division were involved in Vietnam. The division was again ordered to contribute combat forces in December of that year.
In response to a
MACV
request, the division deployed 4,000 3rd Brigade infantrymen and 9,000 tons of equipment from Hawaii in 25 days to the Northwest sector of South Vietnam to firmly establish a fortified enclave from which the division could operate.
Operation Blue Light
was the largest and longest airlift of personnel and cargo into a combat zone in military history
. The Brigade deployed its first soldiers from
Hickam Air Force Base
, Honolulu, to the central highlands at
Pleiku
. These men arrived in Vietnam 24 December 1965. By mid-January, the deployment operation was complete — giving combat planners in Vietnam a favorable balance of power. The division was heavily engaged from April 1966 until 1972 throughout the area of operations in Southeast Asia. During this period, Tropic Lightning soldiers fought in some of the toughest battles of the war.
During the
Tet offensives
of 1968 and 1969, Tropic Lightning soldiers were instrumental in defending the besieged city of
Saigon
. Due to its success in fending off that attack, the 25th Infantry Division spent most of 1970 more involved in the
Vietnamization
Program than in actual combat. From May through June 1970, Tropic Lightning soldiers participated in Allied thrusts deep into enemy sanctuaries located in
Cambodia
. In these
Incursion
operations, the division units confiscated thousands of tons of supplies and hundreds of weapons. This operation crippled the Cambodian-based efforts against American units. Following its return from Cambodia to South Vietnam, the division resumed its place in the
Vietnamization
Program. The war was winding down. By late December 1970, elements of the 25th Infantry Division were able to begin redeployment to
Schofield Barracks
. Second Brigade was the last element of the Tropic Lightning Division to depart Vietnam. It arrived at Schofield Barracks in the early days of May 1971. During the war in Vietnam, 22
Medals of Honor
were awarded to Tropic Lightning soldiers.
The Division is also known to have written the United States Playing Card Company to request hundreds of decks containing only the Ace of Spades. In Vietnam, the Ace of Spades were used as psychological warfare. The Viet Cong were highly superstitious and highly frightened by this Ace because it predicted death and suffering
.
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