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
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section (sheet carries no issuing office)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section (sheet carries no issuing office). National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-011-18.
Text on the object
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]
