Army Behavior poster 1 of 7, Seven Commandments (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
A Vietnamese-language poster, numbered 1, showing a helmeted soldier with a rifle strap looking upward against red and green flames, with a second soldier walking behind. The caption tells soldiers to uphold the honor of the army, sacrifice for the nation and be loyal to the fatherland. The tell is glittering generalities: honor, sacrifice and loyalty are named without specifics, with flames as heroic backdrop.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 28, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East (NAID 5051202), retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 28, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948902, 306-PPB-79a).
Text on the object
LUÔN LUÔN NÊU CAO DANH-DỰ CỦA QUÂN-ĐỘI, HY-SINH VÌ DÂN- TỘC, TRUNG THÀNH VỚI TỔ-QUỐC [numeral:] 1
ALWAYS UPHOLD THE HONOR OF THE ARMY, SACRIFICE FOR THE NA- TION, BE LOYAL TO THE FATHERLAND [numeral:] 1
Diacritics read from a hand-lettered face; verify against the original.
