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title: Lao poster No. 2, soldiers on map with flag (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-poster-no-2-soldiers-on-map-with-flag-lao-vientiane-1959/
description: A map of Laos in green carries a dozen helmeted soldiers with rifles and a red flag showing the three-headed white elephant under a parasol.
section: Collection
---

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[![Lao poster No. 2, soldiers on map with flag, 1959 US poster: A map of Laos in green carries a dozen helmeted soldiers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-poster-no-2-soldiers-on-map-with-flag-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-poster-no-2-soldiers-on-map-with-flag-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)

# Lao poster No. 2, soldiers on map with flag (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A map of Laos in green carries a dozen helmeted soldiers with rifles and a red flag showing the three-headed white elephant under a parasol. Three lines of Lao text read as a call to be watchful to protect freedom, ranking devotion to the Buddha first and love of country second. The tell is transfer: religious devotion and the national flag are attached to the soldiers' defence of the country.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ຄຣະມັດຣະວັງເໝື່ອງນິດເພື່ອຮັກສາເສຣີພາບ
ເຮົາບູຊາພຣະພຸທະເຈົ້າເປັນອັນດັບທີ່ໜຶ່ງ ເຮົາຮັກ
ປະເທດຊາດຂອງເຮົາເປັນອັນດັບທີ່ສອງ.
```

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

```
Be watchful and careful ... to preserve freedom. We worship the Lord Buddha as first; we love our country as second. (approximate)
```

First line partly uncertain; translation is approximate.

[← Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-poster-no-1-monks-before-buddha-image-lao-vientiane-1959/) [Pictorial Review poster, No. 8: The Space Age (Amharic-English, Addis Ababa) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pictorial-review-ii-8-space-age-amharic-ethiopia-1959/)

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