SOUTH VIETNAM - ARVN PSYOPS unit items
ARVN forces had a plethora of PSYOPS + POLWAR units that makes for exciting collecting. It goes without saying that because of
the impact of the Vietnam War on the US Psyche and military history, this is a serious focus point for many a collector.
This, unfortuantely, makes forgeries and fake items all the more too common an item. ebay is aflush with 'in-country' items
being churned out for the now lucrative tourist and collectors market.
The nature of the conflict - unvonventional warfare / insurgency / guerilla warfare etc resulted in many terms used, as well
as startegies involving the use of Psychological means. The term Psychological Warfare and subsequent unit designations
seems to have been taken over by Politcal Warfare and the POLWAR cadre system.
ARVN 1st PSYOPS GROUP CAC TIEU-DOAN CTTL
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printed on embroidery - silk embr
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cloth patch
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beercan DUI
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White numeral with black edges, black rifle and violin, the latter with white side and mark. Purple loudspeaker / hailer with white shadow and white bell with purple markes. White arcs and star, red flame with white edges. On light blue triangle with very naroow white inner border and purple outer border.
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ARVN 2nd PSYOPS GROUP CAC TIEU-DOAN CTTL
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printed on embroidery - silk embr
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cloth patch
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beercan dui
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Is there a 3rd PSYOPS Group???
ARVN 4th PSYOPS GROUP CAC TIEU-DOAN CTTL
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printed on embroidery - silk embr
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cloth patch
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beercan dui
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ARVN PSYWAR BATTALION
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10 PSYWAR BN
White star on blue centre with blue and white rays. Yello torch, white numerals set on red triangle.
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20 PSYWAR BN
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30 PSYWAR BN
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40 PSYWAR BN
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50 PSYWAR BN
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ARVN PSYOPS PERSONNEL with MONTAGNARDS
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silk embr
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printed cloth
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beercan dui
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Red flame with white border, white star. On black (top), grey (bottom) and white (sides) triangle with red border.
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ARVN PSYOPS TRAINING CENTRE
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cloth patch - embr
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printed on cloth
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beercan dui
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Red flame with white edges. White star and yellow branches, set on blue shield with narrow white inner border
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ARVN POLWAR TRAINING CENTRE TRUONG C.TRANTH CH.TRI
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PSYOPS Units ?? silk embr
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printed on cloth
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beercan dui
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Red flame with white border, and white star set on blue green background with purple border
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Comments (1)
Drew Chaney said
at 7:15 pm on Mar 14, 2009
Any help to clean up the text / reference material or indeed acquire items (genuine) greatly appreciated. ARVN insignia - in fact Vietnam patches and insignia are tainted by ebay specials i.e. modern day reproductions and fakes that I am safe to say I do not have any genuine POLWAR / PSYOPS items from South Vietnam Army. Please help if you can.
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