Army Behavior poster, Panel 6: Respect Civilians' Lives and Beliefs (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
Panel 6 of the Vietnamese army's seven commandments set. A helmeted soldier with a rifle slung on his shoulder stands beside a tiled-roof temple and a twin-spired church with small figures of civilians walking to each, and the printed rule tells soldiers to respect the lives, property and freedom of belief of the people. The tell is glittering generalities: respect for religion and the people is asserted as the soldier's ideal.
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 6948907, 306-PPB-79f).
Text on the object
6 Phải kính trọng tính-mệnh tài- sản và tự-do tín-ngưỡng của Dân
Must respect the lives, property and freedom of belief of the People.
Panel number printed in a black circle; diacritics transcribed as printed.
