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title: A Gesture of True Friendship
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-gesture-of-true-friendship-1965-1969/
description: A photo-sheet (code SP-1344) says soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps shared part of their reserve rations with hundreds
section: Collection
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# A Gesture of True Friendship

A photo-sheet (code SP-1344) says soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps shared part of their reserve rations with hundreds of villagers in Phuoc-Binh hamlet, Hieu-Xuong district, Phu Yen province. Photographs show a Korean major general and a Vietnamese officer handing out cooking oil, a child with a tin and villagers carrying sacks. The sheet presents allied aid to peasants alongside protection of their harvest from 'invading Communists'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MỘT CỬ CHỈ THÂN HỮU THẬT SỰ

Trong một cử chỉ thân hữu, binh sĩ của Trung Đoàn 2 Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Đại-Hàn đã dành một phần trong số lương thực dự trữ của họ để phân phát cho hàng trăm dân chúng ở ấp Phước-Bình, quận Hiếu-Xương, tỉnh Phú-Yên.
Đây là một cử chỉ tượng trưng cho sự giúp đỡ của các lực lượng Chính Phủ Việt-Nam Cộng-Hoà và Đồng-Minh đối với dân chúng. Ngoài sự bảo vệ an ninh để dân chúng gặt hái mùa màng và đánh đuổi bọn Cộng-Sản xâm lăng, sự giúp đỡ bao gồm cả hành động cứu trợ cấp thời như phân phát thực phẩm.

Thiếu Tướng Tư Lệnh Đại-Hàn Lee Bong Chool và một sĩ quan Việt-Nam trao tặng dầu ăn cho nông dân ấp Phước-Bình.

Em này vui vẻ nhận phần lương thực để mang về cho gia đình.

Nông dân sung sướng nhận đem thực phẩm về nhà.

SP-1344
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
A TRULY FRIENDLY GESTURE

In a friendly gesture, soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps set aside part of their reserve rations to distribute to hundreds of people in Phuoc-Binh hamlet, Hieu-Xuong district, Phu-Yen province.
This is a gesture symbolising the help given to the people by the forces of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and the Allies. Besides providing security so the people can reap their harvest and driving off the invading Communists, the help also includes immediate relief action such as distributing food.

Major General Lee Bong Chool, the Korean commander, and a Vietnamese officer present cooking oil to the farmers of Phuoc-Binh hamlet.

This child happily receives a ration to take home to his family.

The farmers happily receive and carry food home.

SP-1344
```

[← 26 Countries Around the World Aid South Vietnam](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/26-countries-aid-vietnam-1965-1969/) [A Home and Land for Tran Van Vi →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-home-and-land-for-tran-van-vi-1965-1969/)

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