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title: Welcome to the open arms program of the GVN (sign photographed by the U.S. Marine Corps)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gvn-open-arms-welcome-sign/
description: A sign reads "WELCOME TO THE OPEN ARMS PROGRAM OF THE GVN". The government initials are on the sign. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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[![Welcome to the open arms program of the GVN, 1965 South Vietnam photograph: A sign reads "WELCOME TO THE OPEN ARMS PROGRAM](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gvn-open-arms-welcome-sign.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gvn-open-arms-welcome-sign.jpg)

# Welcome to the open arms program of the GVN (sign photographed by the U.S. Marine Corps)

A sign reads "WELCOME TO THE OPEN ARMS PROGRAM OF THE GVN". The government initials are on the sign. "Open arms" is the welcome, and the sign does not list conditions.

## 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

```
WELCOME TO THE
OPEN ARMS PROGRAM
OF THE GVN
```

Line breaks follow the sign.

[← The GVN Helps the Montagnard Communist Refugees in Darlac Province](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gvn-helps-montagnard-refugees-darlac-1965-1969/) [GVN Serving the People in Vinh Long →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gvn-serving-the-people-in-vinh-long-1965-1969/)

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