Estate sale book has Vietnam Flag

Purchased a few things at an estate sale last Friday. A old gunsmith book had a flag in it.
Along with the flag was a typed page with a translation.

Pardon all the pics but I'll share all I have.
Few questions....
Anyone think this is real?
If so Is it NVA celebrating a victory over the South?

Any help appreciated
Charlie-Painter777

P.S. At this same sale I bought a (I believe) a Vietnam era helmet (rear seam) with era correct camo cover and inner liner marked US 4. Plus a front seam unmarked WW11 shell and liner. I'll get pictures and do a new topic for help on these.


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Does anyone think this might be real?

Would it be a Commie flag?

A good Guess is welcomed

Charlie-Painter777

Yes, I think it IS original. Exactly what it's celebrating is another thing...

Add this to your meatball flag in the other post and may I suggest you find a casino ASAP to see if you have any good luck remaining.
Nice find.

Of things NVA and VC, I wonder where our old pals in D-445 are now?

If this Wiki article is factual, they were a darn tough bunch. - Bob

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D445_Battalion

VERY "commie" flag, complete with "socialist realism" artwork.

Loosely translated (and I am very rusty with what is left of my very rudimentary Vietnamese):

Top Line:

People's Liberation Front of South Viet Nam.

Bottom lines:

(Struggling now)

Something about:

Civil "stream" to arm Pleiku "district" k9 with knowledge volunteers

(Something, something)

1969

It appears to be a "unit flag / "colour", belonging to an "armed propaganda team" from the "National Liberation Front" / Viet Cong.

What is its provenance?

"Southern" Vietnamese has slightly different "tones" in its words and a lot of different names for objects, when compared to "Hanoi" Vietnamese.

Any translation advances?

Peter asked:

"Of things NVA and VC, I wonder where our old pals in D-445 are now?"

Mostly dead or very retired.

A lot of VC were involved in the famous "Tet" (Lunar New Year) offensive and were very heavily "thinned" by US air power when they were used to perform a series of infantry assaults into the major cities in the south. Being caught, en masse, in the open by marauding "Spookys" is a definite health hazard.

Those that survived, probably tried to go back to as normal a life as they could find, post war. This was apparently "interesting", as the place was suddenly awash with "victorious" regular northern troops, who rapidly went into garrison mode.

I know of at least one retired VC "tax collector" who ended up working in a brewery in Dong Nai province, not far from the old Bien Hoa airfield.

And only five years later, they mounted up again and rolled across the Parrots Beak, to deliver a response to the Khmer Rouge.

Long Tan veteran, Terry Burstall did a book based on his combat experience with D-Coy, 6RAR. (“The Soldier’s Story)” University of Queensland Press, ISBN 0 7022 2002 7).

There is also a “follow-up” volume called “A Soldier Returns”.

See [URL="https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_190986/DA557_8_L66_B875_1990.pdf?Expires=1497405664&Signature=Ho98XluNmd4tKKV2rX3Eji6idNzdh4WPZdB-uW8qZH8PnjA87S3Kzc8AmLuUuH0JUgyLMpnXkmByFZxQhbTc0t jV5~itmYJEiDmbN5elxSBOvBihLXGoNw7faHv3hCen1BzkUQgB HnubcEBYNhGHoix8auOXkJE7sWYfcOe53OFuAq7Dz8Xwg4~xBa nVT1Wz3Q5hhV3HZfGwhPznyjzjQTyvo5nPazV7nfT78VncRWTE S~BO3gQQtM3ap1l3nyLbCWjK3dHRKffpeXb8-6wi37TiQ7pRuRrpErQFI2DyyqMQ86umhCiRdyF5-B2L4Id456hCjFB1r3vL3Sl4xtDXAA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ."]

One of the photo plates in the book contains a 1987 photo of D445’s Colonel Bao.

Another from the same trip, shows Burstall in conference with Colonel Nguyen Thang Hong (Hai), one-time commander of the VC forces at Long Tan.

I've got the Long tan book and the Battle for Coral in storage for a later read what's the jist of Terry Burnstalls "A Soldier Returns" if its a good read will acquire a copy for a latter read.

The long and poorly posted link I presented previously before should lead to an on-line copy of "A Soldier Returns".

I have not yet found my "tree-ware" copy; probably still in the box I stored it in during renovations here.

Another interesting read is by Frank Palmos; "Ridding the Devils". (1990). It covers his "adventures" in Indonesia during some wild times under Sukharno, and moves to Viet Nam; including being in a VC vehicle ambush, and being the only survivor.

Link here


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Interesting to read wikipedia about D445, presumably from 'the other side....'. Not that I ever had any contact with then except a passing interest - and fear! Our intelligence Offr. and that put out to the new battalions and arrivals always emphasised that while they were the foe, once the new rotating battalion had got its feet firmly on the ground and well established with the other battalions and support arms, D445 were kept firmly under control. He would say that though, wouldn't he? But the stats seemed to show that too.......