The Marines of Korea Bring Protection and Help to the People of Vietnam, poster (306-VP-01-1601)
A landscape sheet under a blue headline shows two photographs of a Republic of Korea Marine in a camouflage cap and white coat tending the face of an older man and the head of a child held by a woman. One caption says the Korean medical doctor has eased the people's suffering; the other says wounds caused by the Viet Cong are also cared for by Korean friends. The tell is the selected frame: only medical aid and Viet Cong-caused injuries appear, with no combat or civilian harm from the Korean forces.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, Saigon
- 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
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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, Saigon. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-01-1601.
Text on the object
BINH SĨ THỦY QUÂN LỤC CHIẾN ĐẠI HÀN BẢO VỆ VÀ GIÚP ĐỠ ĐỒNG BÀO TRONG CÔNG TÁC CHỐNG BỆNH TẬT BÁC SĨ QUÂN Y ĐẠI HÀN ĐÃ LÀM VƠI BỚT NỖI ĐAU KHỔ CỦA ĐỒNG BÀO. NHỮNG THƯƠNG TÍCH DO VIỆT CỘNG GÂY NÊN CŨNG ĐƯỢC NHỮNG NGƯỜI BẠN ĐẠI HÀN SĂN SÓC. SP-1601
KOREAN MARINES PROTECT AND HELP THE COMPATRIOTS In the work of fighting disease, the Korean military doctor has eased the suffering of the compatriots. Wounds caused by the Viet Cong are also cared for by the Korean friends. SP-1601
'Đồng bào' is rendered 'compatriots' (literally 'of the same womb'); the sheet uses it for the Vietnamese people.
