Don't Betray Your Heroes: Don't Sell Your Vote! (poster distributed in the Philippines)

A two-tone English-language poster headed 'Don't betray your heroes - the men who fought for your right to vote'. A helmeted infantryman with a rifle, seven portrait heads and the Philippine flag surround a locked ballot box marked 'Box for valid ballots'; a large V leads into the slogan 'Don't sell your vote!'. The tell: the portraits and flag are lent to a single instruction on how to vote (transfer), and betraying the men who fought is the stake offered for non-compliance (fear-appeal); no sponsor is printed on the sheet.

Date

August 6, 1953

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series (no sponsor printed on the sheet)

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

Elections and party politics, War and the military

Techniques

TransferFear appeal

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, series 'Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia' (NAID 1767935), via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work, USIA; Commons tag PD-USGov, NARA cooperation template)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State; National Archives, Records of the U.S. Information Agency (RG 306), NAID 5729938.

DON'T BETRAY YOUR HEROES--THE MEN
WHO FOUGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE

[ballot box:] BOX
for
VALID BALLOTS

DON'T SELL YOUR VOTE!