Army Slogans poster 221e, young man verse (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
A Vietnamese-language slogan sheet in dark blue letterpress type on buff paper, two lines of verse and no picture, an unlisted fifth sheet beside the four-sheet Army Slogans set already hosted. It tells young men that real manhood means doing military service (quan dich) rather than letting youth slip away. The tell is glittering generalities: manliness and youth are invoked as virtues to move the reader toward service.
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 6949133, 306-PPB-221e).
Text on the object
Làm trai cho dáng nên trai Thì hành quân dịch kẻo hoài tuổi xuân
To be a man worthy of the name of man, carry out military service, lest your youth be wasted.
No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.
