‘Wandering Soul’ Psychological Operations in the Vietnam War
This is a recording used during experiments in psychological warfare during the Vietnam conflict as carried out by the US military. The Wandering Soul was played on loudspeakers installed on helicopters, PCF boats or by infantry ‘loudspeaker teams’ on known enemy areas usually at night deep within the jungle. It exploited the belief among many of the Vietnamese people that once a person is dead the remains must be placed in an ancestral burial ground or that person will forever wander aimlessly.
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