Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Support our boys in Viet Nam, 1967 US photograph: Marchers in clerical collars pass the White House with signs reading

Support our boys in Viet Nam (clergy march, White House)

Marchers in clerical collars pass the White House with signs reading "VICTORY IN VIET NAM" and "SUPPORT OUR BOYS IN VIET NAM". "Victory" names no terms, and support for servicemen is printed as support for the war.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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Date
February 2, 1967
Period
Cold War
Made by
American Council of Christian Churches (White House march; photograph by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
Movement
Regime
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
War and the military, Religion, Home front
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Library of Congress, retrieved October 5, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. News staff photo; LoC: no known restrictions)
Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-89342.

Text on the object

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

VICTORY IN VIET NAM
SUPPORT OUR BOYS
IN VIET NAM

The two large signs are transcribed. Smaller lettering on the banners is not legible in the scan.

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