Army Slogans poster 221b, mirror proverb (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
A Vietnamese-language slogan sheet in orange 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 transfer: the sheet borrows the opening of a well-known proverb about solidarity and attaches it to military service, so the proverb's moral weight is transferred to conscription.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 5, 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
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 5, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949130, 306-PPB-221b).
Text on the object
Nhiều điều phủ lấy giá gương Thi hành quân dịch là thương nước nhà
Cover the mirror stand with a red cloth (opening of a proverb); carrying out military service is loving one's country.
No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.
