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title: 'The Common Struggle: Asian Military Forces Assist South Vietnamese Troops'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/common-struggle-asian-forces-assist-south-vietnamese-1965-1969/
description: A page numbered 8 shows a Philippine military doctor and a nurse treating a woman, captioned 'Philippine doctor treats civilian victim of Viet Cong
section: Collection
---

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# The Common Struggle: Asian Military Forces Assist South Vietnamese Troops

A page numbered 8 shows a Philippine military doctor and a nurse treating a woman, captioned 'Philippine doctor treats civilian victim of Viet Cong attack', and a smaller photograph of an Australian soldier helping build refugee housing. The text says the 'common struggle to rebuild South Vietnam does not wait for final victory' and calls this 'the real social revolution in South Vietnam.' The tell: two medical and building scenes carry the claim of allied civic work, and the phrase 'social revolution' is claimed for the government side.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Semantic hijacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/semantic-hijack/)

## Text on the object

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

```
8

Philippine doctor treats civilian victim of Viet Cong attack.

Australian soldier helps build refugee housing.

The common struggle
to rebuild South Vietnam
does not wait for final victory.
Asian military forces assist
South Vietnamese troops
to bring economic and
social progress to their country.
This is the real social revolution
in South Vietnam.

[In photograph: name tag DIPPER]
```

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