Hanoi Hannah

Hanoi Hannah (also Trinh Thi Ngo) was a Vietnamese woman who, during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, read broadcast radio messages and propaganda to convince U.S. troops to go AWOL, a psychological warfare scheme set forth by the North Communist Vietnamese. She made 3 broadcasts-a-day talking to American soldiers. She read the list of the newly killed or imprisoned Americans, tried to persuade American GIs that the American involvement in Vietnam was unjust and immoral, and also played popular American anti-war songs to incite feelings of nostalgia and homesickness amongst GIs. Here is an of one of her usual broadcast speeches:

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Vietnamese - Woman - Vietnam War - 1960s - 1970s - Broadcast - Radio - Propaganda - U.S. - AWOL - Psychological warfare - GI - Vietnam - Speech

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:How are you, GI Joe? It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here. Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on. (Hanoi Hannah, 16 June 1967)

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16 June - 1967

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Her voice can be heard even in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam in the battle of Hue over the public address system.

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Computer game - Battlefield Vietnam - Hue - Public address system

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