Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet f (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
A Thai-language sheet from a Korea exhibit set. A tilted photograph of a bound, bloodied male body lies under a headline stating that this American airman and four other Americans were stabbed to death with sharpened sticks by Communists who had captured them; a red handprint and red rules frame it. The tell is the graphic photograph paired with an accusation of atrocity, meant to provoke fear and anger toward Communist forces.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- August 30, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Korean War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- NARA, RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 30, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949019, 306-PPB-142f).
Text on the object
นักบินอเมริกันผู้นี้กับเพื่อนชาวอเมริกันอีกสี่คนถูกพวกคอมมูนิสต์ที่จับตัวไปเอาไม้แหลมแทงตาย
This American airman and four other American friends were stabbed to death with sharpened sticks by the Communists who had captured them.
Thai script read from the image; spacing as printed.
