Edit: Turns out the caption I’d found attached to this image was probably imperialist bullshit, so I updated it.

From @CommunistFFWhen :

iirc, those symbols were used by US soldiers who wanted to signal their intention to surrender/lay down arm or sth and NV soldiers knew not to shoot them Source

Original title of post: A North Vietnamese Army officer laughs at the peace symbol necklace of a captured American soldier, 1973

  • Dirtbag [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Should I update the caption to say something other than officer? This is in a language I don’t speak and I’m at work, sorry for asking you to translate 😅

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      and I’m at work

      07 to the only form of posting that is always praxis

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, officer is completely fine, just wanted to look it up for myself and thought maybe some will find that interesting as well.