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A flag used by the Việt Cộng during the American War (also known as the "Vietnam War").

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Description	English: A flag used by the Việt Cộng during the American War (also known as the "Vietnam War").
Date	1960s date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source	National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) - Việt cộng - Last modified: 2021-04-10 by randy young. (CRWFlags.com). Viet Cong flag - image by Jaume Ollé - Proportions: 2:3 - Adopted: 8 June 1969 - "The drawing (at top of this page) of the Viet Cong flag shows a small centered yellow star on a red and blue striped background. But take a look at the flag we captured (and I mean "we," as I was there). The flag had large white star on the center, as in the drawing I made. I am sure there were variants, but I know this one was real." - Pete Loeser, 1 December 2008". (CRWFlags.com). "As a Vietnam veteran I saw very few actual VC flags like the one shown at the top of this page. This was because they were all hand-made, one-of-a-kind flags. For example, during my tour we captured a VC flag with large white star on a red-blue vertical field, and one with a large yellow star with a red-white vertical striped field. These are both shown on my website. My point is that every VC unit used their own variants of the "official" National Liberation Front flag and chances are that yours is one of these. However, if the black stripe has special significance I look forward to learning what it is." - Pete Loeser, 5 February 2010. (CRWFlags.com). "The flag was charged with a yellow/gold star, shaped like the one on the 1945-1955 flag of North Vietnam, over a red-white bicolor field instead of a typical red-blue one. It shall be noted that photos of Viet Cong flags found online, especially those taken years after the flag was created (e.g. when already in the museum collections), often display a faded blue field which was changed by age to a bluish shade of light gray, sometimes being hard to distinguish from a darkened white field. In this case, though, there is no inclination towards blue color, which can usually be detected in the photos, even though it may be rather difficult." - Tomislav Todorović, 15 January 2021 (CRWFlags.com). There is a photo of a Viet Cong flag captured by the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) in 1962 here: http://www.vietnamgear.com/gallery_photo.aspx?img=ArvnVCflag.jpg An interesting story about this Viet Cong Flag was that it probably is the only flag ever captured by a hovering helicopter in a combat zone. In 1969, the flag was snatched by a helicopter crew about 100 yards from Firebase Barbara by the door gunner as the helicopter hovered above the flag left on a pole by Viet Cong soldiers. Fearing the flag to be booby trapped, the helicopter crew first exploded a hand grenade near the flag before swooping down to grab it. The pilot was Warrant Officer Harry Oberg of the First Brigade, First Air Calvary, stationed near Tay Ninh, Vietnam. Apparently, some people will do anything to get a souvenir flag. Text Source: Pete Loeser - Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - Pete Loeser, 20 October 2012 (CRWFlags.com). "The photo has a caption which reveals that it was taken in Tay Ninh, on 6 June 1969. It also shows the flag of the Alliance of National Democratic and Peaceful Forces of Vietnam, which was briefly mentioned in the text as well. Note that the stars on both flags are the same as on the 1945-1955 flag of North Vietnam." - Tomislav Todorović, 19 January 2013 (CRWFlags.com). Another variant of the Vietcong flag can be found in an article about the 80th anniversary of its founding: http://www.tuyengiao.vn/Home/tutuong/25747/Chu-tich-Ho-Chi-Minh-voi-viec-thanh-lap-Mat-tran-dan-toc-thong-nhat Viet Cong flag from the Battle of Hue (1968)/Variant of the ANDPFVN flag - image by Tomislav Todorović, 20 July 2014 (CRWFlags.com).
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