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title: In memory of those who died for freedom (sign, 1966)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/died-for-freedom-memorial-sign-1966/
description: A memorial sign in a Marine Corps photograph reads "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM". The deaths are attached to the word freedom.
section: Collection
---

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# In memory of those who died for freedom (sign, 1966)

A memorial sign in a Marine Corps photograph reads "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM". The deaths are attached to the word freedom. The sign does not name the dead.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM
```

Line break follows the sign. Names, if any, were not legible.

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