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The Marines of Korea Bring Protection and Help to the People of Vietnam, poster, 1965 US poster: A Vietnamese-language sheet

The Marines of Korea Bring Protection and Help to the People of Vietnam, poster (306-VP-01-1600)

A Vietnamese-language sheet (code SP-1600) says Korean Marine Corps soldiers 'protect and help our compatriots'. Two photographs show uniformed men framing a building roof and finishing a brick medical station while a Vietnamese woman in a conical hat walks past. The text says the men set aside weapons for saws and hammers after driving out the Viet Cong; only building work is shown, and the combat the text mentions is left out of the frame.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stackingGlittering generalities
Date
1965
Period
Cold War
Made by
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese public
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
War and the military
Event
Vietnam War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-01-1600.

Text on the object

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

HỌ ĐÃ TẠM ĐỂ KHÍ GIỚI MỘT BÊN VÀ CẦM LẤY CƯA BÚA ĐỂ GIÚP ĐỒNG BÀO VIỆT XÂY DỰNG LẠI THÔN XÓM ĐÃ BỊ VIỆT CỘNG PHÁ HOẠI.

BINH SĨ THỦY QUÂN LỤC CHIẾN ĐẠI HÀN BẢO VỆ VÀ GIÚP ĐỠ ĐỒNG BÀO

SAU CÔNG TÁC ĐÁNH ĐUỔI VIỆT CỘNG ĐỂ ĐEM LẠI THANH BÌNH, CÁC CHIẾN SĨ ĐẠI HÀN CÒN GIÚP ĐỒNG BÀO VIỆT XÂY NHỮNG TRẠM Y-TẾ ĐỂ SĂN SÓC SỨC KHỎE DÂN CHÚNG.

SP-1600

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

They have temporarily put their weapons to one side and taken up saws and hammers to help Vietnamese compatriots rebuild villages destroyed by the Viet Cong.

KOREAN MARINE CORPS SOLDIERS PROTECT AND HELP THEIR COMPATRIOTS

After the work of driving out the Viet Cong to bring peace, the Korean fighters also help Vietnamese compatriots build medical stations to care for the people's health.

SP-1600

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