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title: Những người bạn giúp đỡ chúng ta! (Friends Who Help Us!)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/friends-who-help-us-1965-1969/
description: A Vietnamese-language poster describes soldiers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division as brave fighters against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 'invaders'
section: Collection
---

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[![Những người bạn giúp đỡ chúng ta!, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese-language poster describes soldiers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/friends-who-help-us-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/friends-who-help-us-1965-1969.jpg)

# Những người bạn giúp đỡ chúng ta! (Friends Who Help Us!)

A Vietnamese-language poster describes soldiers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division as brave fighters against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 'invaders' and also 'gentle friends of the people' who help refugees, support school building and treat the sick. Two photographs show American medics treating a Vietnamese man's leg and a child's arm, and a large red panel at lower right is blank. The tell is the pairing of a combat role with care-giving imagery under the friendship label.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
NHỮNG NGƯỜI BẠN GIÚP ĐỠ CHÚNG TA !

Những chiến sĩ của Sư Đoàn I Kỵ Binh Mỹ, đã từng chiến đấu can đảm chống bọn Cộng Sản xâm lăng Bắc Việt và Việt Cộng, cũng là những người bạn dịu dàng của nhân dân. Họ đã giúp đỡ đồng bào tỵ nạn, hổ trợ công cuộc xây dựng trường học, chữa bệnh người đau ốm.
Họ giúp ta chống lại kẻ thù của xứ sở để chúng ta có thể tìm lại được thanh bình.

SP-2011
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
FRIENDS WHO HELP US!

The soldiers of the American 1st Cavalry Division, who have fought bravely against the Communist invaders from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, are also gentle friends of the people. They have helped refugee compatriots, supported the building of schools, and treated the sick.
They help us fight the enemies of our country so that we can find peace again.

SP-2011
```

[← A Former Viet Cong Learns the Truth About Chieu Hoi (Đây sự thật về chánh sách Chiêu Hồi theo một nguyên Trung úy Việt Cộng)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/former-viet-cong-learns-truth-chieu-hoi-1965-1969/) [Chiến thắng rực rỡ của Khu Chiến Thuật Tiền Giang (Glorious Victory of Tien-Giang Tactical Zone) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/glorious-victory-tien-giang-tactical-zone-ca-dam/)

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