Operation Wandering Soul (Ghost Tape Number 10)

Also known as “Ghost Tape Number 10“ was an audio mix the US military used for psychological operations in the Vietnam War against the North Vietnamese. It played deeply on the Vietnamese belief of ancestor worship, spirits and the afterlife. The Wandering Soul was played on loudspeakers installed on helicopters, PCF boats or by infiltrating infantry ’loudspeaker teams’ on known enemy areas usually at night deep within the jungle. Audio credit: Robert B. Shirley @ Testimonials in quotes from “The damn reverb effect of the recording is eerie. I saw and picked-up leaflets and once heard Funeral Music played over the valleys around Landing Zone Mary Ann. A Kit Carson Scout told me what the music was. This was a ghostly sound. Hell, listening to that made me want to Chieu Hoi myself. It must have been effective as hell in the jungle at night.“ - Unnamed 1st Infantry Division sergeant 1968-1970 “You know what we did on Nui Ba Den Mountain in 1970? The 6th