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title: 'Anh Phú tòng quân (Brother Phú joins the army) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #5)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/anh-phu-tung-quan-vietnamese-1952/
description: A smiling young man in a beret and army shirt has three women's hands resting on his shoulders and waving behind him.
section: Collection
---

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# Anh Phú tòng quân (Brother Phú joins the army) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #5)

A smiling young man in a beret and army shirt has three women's hands resting on his shoulders and waving behind him. The headline names him 'Anh Phú' (Brother Phú) and the lettering below says he joins the army. The tell is plain-folks and bandwagon: an ordinary named recruit is shown cheered by women, so that enlisting looks like the socially approved choice.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ANH PHÚ

TÒNG QUÂN
```

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

```
BROTHER PHÚ

JOINS THE ARMY
```

The last word is printed in stylised lettering; diacritics read as 'TÒNG QUÂN' with some uncertainty. Machine-assisted translation, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Đoàn-kết chống cộng-sản phá-hoại (Unity against communist sabotage) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #4)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/doan-ket-chong-cong-san-pha-hoai-vietnamese-1952/) [Phải! Chính bạn hãy chống bọn tay sai của Bắc-Kinh (Yes! You yourself must oppose Peking's lackeys) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #1) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/phai-chinh-ban-chong-tay-sai-bac-kinh-vietnamese-1952/)

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