Edit: Turns out the caption I’d found attached to this image was probably imperialist bullshit, so I updated it.
From @CommunistFFWhen :
iirc, those symbols were used by US soldiers who wanted to signal their intention to surrender/lay down arm or sth and NV soldiers knew not to shoot them Source
Original title of post: A North Vietnamese Army officer laughs at the peace symbol necklace of a captured American soldier, 1973
iirc, those symbols were used by US soldiers who wanted to signal their intention to surrender/lay down arm or sth and NV soldiers knew not to shoot them
Edited: Source
That's pretty cool. Critical support for draftees who immediately surrendered to the Vietnamese when they met them.
This is awesome, thanks for sharing the link. I’ve updated the title.
I had no idea there was more to it. Especially the peace envoy that worked with the north Vietnamese to get this as an official thing. Incredibly cool
Should’ve used the international signal for “I don’t want to be here,” fragging.
Internal anti-war organizing among soldiers in the US army was pretty extreme and the NVA knew it, I highly doubt they would treat your average soldier like shit if they surrendered because they wanted to encourage defections from pissed off draftees.
How do you say "ehhh, looks like we've got a wise guy ovah heya" in Vietnamese?
https://de.wikibrief.org/wiki/Vietnamese_military_ranks_and_insignia
Should I update the caption to say something other than officer? This is in a language I don’t speak and I’m at work, sorry for asking you to translate 😅
Nah, officer is completely fine, just wanted to look it up for myself and thought maybe some will find that interesting as well.
