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title: Bataan Day poster, 9 April 1959 (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bataan-day-9-april-1959-manila-1959/
description: A commemoration poster for 9 April 1959. The words BATAAN DAY are filled with photographs of wreath-laying, parades.
section: Collection
---

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# Bataan Day poster, 9 April 1959 (English poster distributed in Manila)

A commemoration poster for 9 April 1959. The words BATAAN DAY are filled with photographs of wreath-laying, parades, flag-draped coffins and the Filipino and American unknown soldiers' tombs, beside the Philippine and U.S. flags. Text says Filipino and American soldiers 'heroically fought side by side' for freedom and democracy. The tell is glittering generalities ('life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness') and transfer from the wartime dead to a present partnership.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BATAAN
DAY
APRIL
9
1959

1942
Seventeen years ago today, Filipino and American soldiers in Bataan heroically fought side by side to preserve the common ideals of freedom and democracy.
The memory of their glorious deeds should serve to rekindle in our hearts the significance of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

DEFENDERS BATAAN CORREGIDOR

[printer's mark:] 9-8698
[within photographs:] UNKNOWN SOLDIER; FILIPINO UNKNOWN SOLDIER; AMERICAN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
```

Printer's mark at lower left is small and read as '9-8698'.

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