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title: Let us pray it means peace (And the Free World Joins)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/let-us-pray-it-means-peace-korean-armistice-berryman-1953/
description: A bowed Uncle Sam, in a star-patterned coat and seated in a chair bearing the US shield and eagle, clasps his hands in prayer over a document labelled
section: Collection
---

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[![Let us pray it means peace, 1953 US cartoon: A bowed Uncle Sam, in a star-patterned coat and seated in a chair bearing the US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/let-us-pray-it-means-peace-korean-armistice-berryman-1953.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/let-us-pray-it-means-peace-korean-armistice-berryman-1953.jpg)

# Let us pray it means peace (And the Free World Joins)

A bowed Uncle Sam, in a star-patterned coat and seated in a chair bearing the US shield and eagle, clasps his hands in prayer over a document labelled 'Korean Armistice' and says 'Let us pray it means peace'. The cartoon's argument is a hope that the armistice leads to a lasting peace; the tag glittering-generalities is a weak fit for the appeal to peace as an unspecified good.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

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

## Text on the object

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

```
LET US PRAY IT MEANS PEACE
KOREAN ARMISTICE
Jim Berryman (signature)
```

[← Contentment and Loathing (Chinese two-panel poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/contentment-and-revulsion-chinese-1953/) [Crooked Politicians Are Elected by Honest People Who Don't Vote (English registration notice distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/crooked-politicians-elected-by-honest-people-who-dont-vote-namfrel-1953/)

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