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
- Date
- August 23, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Office No. 4, General Staff, Khmer Army (printed imprint), as held in U.S. Information Agency files, 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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, Asia/LatAm/Mid-East posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 23, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948943, 306-PPB-93).
Text on the object
កើតពីជាតិ ស្លាប់ខ្លួនបំរើជាតិ [uncertain reading] ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យទី៤ នៃអគ្គសេនាធិការ ខេមរយោធា
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.
