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SIMON: To put down their weapons, you can win the war while killing fewer people.ĮRIK VILLARD: That’s the essence of psychological warfare.

SIMON: The idea was, if you could persuade people using.

And so during the Vietnam War, the United States became very interested in what motivated the enemy to fight and then figuring out…ĮRIK VILLARD: What can we do to convince those people to not fight? SIMON: And there was this feeling that like, we got to get ahead of this. SIMON: It really spooked a lot of people, on the battlefield and at home.ĮRIK VILLARD: This anxiety that the Communists could brainwash good, solid, decent, American sons and daughters. SIMON: Heard on Communist radio stations. During the Korean War…ĮRIK VILLARD: A number of American soldiers and marines were captured by the North Koreans. SIMON: And Erik says, this strange weapon was created, in part, because of the Korean WarĮRIK VILLARD: Yeah. Army Center of Military History in Washington D.C., and I am a Vietnam war specialist. SIMON: Okay, just to back up, this is historian Erik B. You have to admit, there’s something a little sinister about all of this. But rather than fade away into history.ĮRIK VILLARD: I don’t know. It was only used for a brief moment during the Vietnam War. A weapon designed and deployed by the US Military to target the deepest fears of the Vietnamese people. SIMON: Now, this sound that these people were hearing, was not a ghost. SIMON: The villagers covered their children’s’ ears, they shut their shutters. But the next night, late, when the village was asleep.ĪNH NGUYEN: They heard the-the voice echoing from the jungle. SIMON: The men stood up, gathered their wood and hurried home. And screaming, like a ghost.ĪNH NGUYEN: Maybe ten, fifteen minutes later. SIMON: And as they’re walking along, carrying their heavy loads of wood, all of a sudden. SIMON: Mile after mile into the mountains, picking up wood as they went, only turning to head home after the sun had set.ĪNH NGUYEN: In the mountains, when it’s dark, it’s the most quiet place on earth.ĪNH NGUYEN: With the field winds blow over the top of the trees. And they’d been living under the constant threat of air raid and invasion. And like so many other villages in Vietnam at this time, this one had been caught in the crossfire of the war. SIMON: Their home was a remote village in the valley of these mountains. But mostly, they’re looking for dry woods to bring home for burning. Maybe lucky they’d kill some small animals. SIMON: And I called him up because of this one story he remembers hearing as a kid that.ĪNH NGUYEN: My uncles and cousins, they went out together hunting in the mountains. SIMON: Literally in front of your house there were bullets?ĪNH NGUYEN: Yes, yes right in front of my house. SIMON: But back in the sixties he was growing up right in the middle of the Vietnam War.ĪNH NGUYEN: Oh yes, the US Marines fought against the Viet Cong in front of our house. SIMON: Today he’s a retired Coca Cola executive who still somehow loves Coke.ĪNH NGUYEN: It’s so refreshing for me. SIMON: We’re starting with this man, Anh Nguyen. ] Let’s begin.]ĪNH NGUYEN: Good! You’re looking good, Simon.

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[ ARCHIVE CLIP: Part one of this cassette focuses on the means by which these realistic simulations can be made. This tape is designed to be informative to the solider about making your own… [ ARCHIVE CLIP: Welcome to this military training tape. Anyway, this story is that feeling multiplied 3.3 million times. There’s something about that-it's strange, it’s eerie, but also precious. And before we start today, do you know that feeling- have you had the experience when someone you love or someone you know has died, and then maybe a week, a month, or year later, you-you hear their voice, their recorded voice again. SIMON ADLER: I'm Simon Adler, this is Mixtape.