Chieu Hoi pass by Dave Berry

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Chieu Hoi pass

They dropped what seemed like millions of these passes to encourage VC to come over to our side in the Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) Program. Those who did and had useful scouting skills worked with US soldiers and were called Kit Carson Scouts. They were a mixed bag as far as loyalties. Some were very good, but it was usually unwise to trust your life to them.

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Guest		04-Jan-2017 05:37
This is a "7-Flag Chieu Hoi Pass"...safe conduct for VC. Notice the four languages: Viet, English, Korean, and Thai. It represents Johnson's "many flags" of other countries that sent troops to support the US. It's the precursor of Bush's "coalition of the willing." The Koreans were paid $1 billion+ for their troops. Every ROK in Nam meant a US troop didn't get orders for Nam. The Korean economic boom (Asian Tiger) was a result of the US Congress paying them to be in Nam. Backside was in Vietnamese for the VC.

rufus berry		30-May-2012 23:50
hi my name is rufus berry 67/68 in lai. khe.

Len Griffin		29-Jun-2010 01:06
I still have one

Dale John Larsen		02-Jan-2008 06:44
I had one of these for awhile after I got home. I gave it to one of my college professors after a lecture on "paper bullets" used in WWII. I figured he had better use for it than I did. It's interesting to see one again. As I recall the back side showed an ARVN with a big smile pointing and showing a VC the way to safety.

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