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title: Army Slogans poster 221a, Nha Be verse (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-slogans-poster-221a-nha-be-vietnamese-saigon-1956/
description: A Vietnamese-language slogan sheet in red letterpress type on buff paper, two lines of verse and no picture, from a four-sheet set titled Army Slogans.
section: Collection
---

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[![Army Slogans poster 221a, Nha Be verse, 1956 US poster: A Vietnamese-language slogan sheet in red letterpress type on buff](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-slogans-poster-221a-nha-be-vietnamese-saigon-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-slogans-poster-221a-nha-be-vietnamese-saigon-1956.jpg)

# Army Slogans poster 221a, Nha Be verse (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A Vietnamese-language slogan sheet in red letterpress type on buff paper, two lines of verse and no picture, from a four-sheet set titled Army Slogans. It urges men to carry out military service (quan dich). The tell is plain-folks: the sheet turns a folk couplet into a recruiting line, so the appeal rides on a familiar rhyme and the idea that service completes a man.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Nhà-Bè nước chảy chia hai
Thi hành quân dịch là trai vẹn toàn
```

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

```
At Nha Be the water runs and divides in two; carrying out military service makes a man complete.
```

No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.

[← Bedtime Story](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bedtime-story-1956/) [Army Slogans poster 221b, mirror proverb (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-slogans-poster-221b-mirror-proverb-vietnamese-saigon-1956/)

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