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title: Born From the Nation poster, item 93 (Khmer, distributed in Phnom Penh)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/born-from-the-nation-poster-93-khmer-1954/
description: A Khmer-language colour poster of a young soldier with a rifle and a young woman in profile before the Cambodian flag with its temple emblem.
section: Collection
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# Born From the Nation poster, item 93 (Khmer, distributed in Phnom Penh)

A Khmer-language colour poster of a young soldier with a rifle and a young woman in profile before the Cambodian flag with its temple emblem, with farmers working a rice field behind. NARA titles it 'Born From the Nation, You Must Die for the Nation'. The imprint credits Office No. 4 of the Khmer Army General Staff. The tell is identity-fusion: individual service and death are presented as a debt owed to the nation, with the flag as transfer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
កើតពីជាតិ ស្លាប់ខ្លួនបំរើជាតិ [uncertain reading]

ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យទី៤ នៃអគ្គសេនាធិការ ខេមរយោធា
```

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

```
Born from the nation, [give] oneself in service of/for the nation (NARA title: Born From the Nation, You Must Die for the Nation). Imprint: Published by Office No. 4 of the General Staff, Khmer Army.
```

Headline reading is uncertain in places; imprint read in full.

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