Victories of our armed forces photo poster (Khmer poster distributed in Phnom Penh)
A Khmer-language photo poster with a blue headline over a red flag split by an explosion, a portrait of a uniformed officer, and nine captioned photographs: a stone cairn, damaged log bridges, a group of soldiers, burned huts and piles of captured equipment. The captions credit the army with destroying the camps and equipment of a named opponent. The tell is card-stacking: only successes are shown, with no losses or counter-evidence.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 10, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Royal Khmer Armed Forces General Staff, Bureau 5; U.S. Information Agency, 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948934, 306-PPB-84).
Text on the object
ជ័យជំនះដោយយុទ្ធការ របស់កងទ័ពយើង ៗ ផ្នូរខ្មោចរបស់កងសឺង.ង៉ុក.ថាន់ ស្ពានទាំងនេះ ដែលថវិកាជាតិ ចំណាយធ្វើប្រយោជន៍សាធារណៈ ជន ត្រូវសឺង.ង៉ុក.ថាន់ ចំផ្លាញជាច្រើន ៗ កងទ័ពថតទុកជាការរក្សាវីរៈ ដែលរាយដណ្តឹមយកគ្រឿងពីចោរ សឺង.ង៉ុក.ថាន់ កងទ័ពយើង បានដុតបំផ្លាញរោងចំនួនច្រើន របស់សឺង.ង៉ុក.ថាន់ ៗ ផ្ទះខ្ទមនេះ ដែលសឺង.ង៉ុក.ថាន់ បើកឲ្យរៀនធ្វើមេបំផ្លាញជាតិខ្មែរ គ្រឿងសម្ភារៈទាំងនេះ ដែលត្រូវកងទ័ពយើងកំទេចចោល ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យទី ៥ នៃរដ្ឋសេនាធិការយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ
Victories by the campaign of our army. [Captions, as read:] The ruins of [the] camp of Son Ngoc Thanh. These bridges, built with national funds for public use, were destroyed in many places by Son Ngoc Thanh. Our army photographed the group of soldiers who ... seized equipment from the robber Son Ngoc Thanh. Our army burned many barracks of Son Ngoc Thanh. These huts were opened by Son Ngoc Thanh to train traitors to destroy the Khmer nation. These supplies were destroyed by our army. [Imprint:] Issued by Bureau 5 of the General Staff of the Royal Khmer Armed Forces.
Khmer script is dense and some caption words are uncertain in this reading; the transcription and translation are a best reading, not a certified one.
