My Duty is to Defend my Country poster (Khmer, Cambodia)

A Khmer-language poster showing a beret-wearing soldier with a rifle slung over his shoulder, framed by a temple roof, a palm and villagers with oxen working the fields. The headline, per NARA's title, says the duty is to defend the country, and the foot line names the nation, religion and king. The tell is glittering generalities (nation, religion, king) joined to plain-folks imagery of a countryman-soldier among farmers.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalitiesPlain folks

Date

1955

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Mobilize or secure compliance

Theme

War and the military

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, c. 1955-59. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949050, 306-PPB-154).

កាតព្វកិច្ចរបស់ខ្ញុំ !

គឺ ការពារ ដីដែន ស្រុកសុខ
ឲ្យ ជាតិ.សាសនា.ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ

ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យ ទី ៥ នៃអគ្គសេនាធិការយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ

My duty! Is to defend the peaceful land for the nation, religion and king. Issued from Office No. 5 of the General Staff of the Khmer Royal Army.