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title: Lao Military poster 145, flag and soldiers (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-military-poster-145-flag-and-soldiers-lao-vientiane-1957/
description: A colour Lao-language drawing of three men in a shirtless, a helmeted and a hatted figure, working-class dress.
section: Collection
---

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# Lao Military poster 145, flag and soldiers (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A colour Lao-language drawing of three men in a shirtless, a helmeted and a hatted figure, working-class dress, together holding a red flag with the three-headed white elephant over a large blue-and-yellow mass. Lao text beneath speaks of soldiers in war and in peacetime and asks for everyone's cooperation. The tell is transfer: the national flag is joined to the soldiers' image, and plain-folks: the men are shown as ordinary workers and soldiers together.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ຍາມເສິກ ທະຫານຮົບ ຍາມສຸຂທະຫານຊ່ວຍ
ຣາສດອນ ໃນການສົ່ງເສີມການຢູ່ດີກິນດີ ທະຫານ
ຈ໋ຄວາມຮ່ວມມືຈາກທ່ານທຸກຄົນ.
```

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

```
In time of war the soldier fights; in time of peace the soldier helps [the people] ... in promoting well-being; the soldiers [ask for] the cooperation of every one of you.
```

Several words in the middle line are uncertain; translation is approximate.

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