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Vietnam War "Chieu Hoi" Bag (4-Pack)

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Part Number: VIE-CHUHOYBAG

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Country of Origin: United States of America

Litter, and win the war!

Designed to serve as a protective plastic sleeve for the Vietnam War period M-16 ammunition, they were designed to be reusable with a small metal strip to keep contents watertight. The bag itself was given the NSN of 1005-052-6942, and was a geniune war-time article. It was the preferred method of distributing ammunition in the wet and humid conditions of Vietnam. Knowing the USGI tendency to litter, a big brained genius decided to put a "Chieu Hoi" message on the bag to implore the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces to surrender, under the "Chieu Hoi" (Open Arms) program, where communist forces were readily encouraged to surrender to American and South Vietnamese forces. Written in Vietnamese, the text on the bag reads: "Returning Chieu Hoi will help you see your parents, your wife and your children again in the peaceful scenery of a free and democratic state of Vietnam." The program itself seems to have been less than successful, with only a quarter of the 100,000+ defections during the course of the war being genuine - these magazine bags perhaps played an even smaller role in those numbers.

The bag easily fits 2x 10 round stripper clips of 5.56 ammunition, or a single M16 20 round magazine. Given their extensive distribution as part of American psy-op efforts, there are probably still a good number of these bags littering the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Sold in packs of 4 - completely unused, unissued, and ready to go for your next adventure!

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Vietnam War "Chieu Hoi" Bag (4-Pack)

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