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title: National Army Helps the People poster (Lao, distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/national-army-helps-the-people-lao-vientiane-1965/
description: 'A Lao-language photo poster showing soldiers on civic work: building houses and a bridge, a school class, teaching vegetable growing.'
section: Collection
---

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# National Army Helps the People poster (Lao, distributed in Vientiane)

A Lao-language photo poster showing soldiers on civic work: building houses and a bridge, a school class, teaching vegetable growing, and army medics treating patients, under a headline matching NARA's title 'National Army Helps the People'. The three-headed elephant and trident emblems flank the title. The tell is transfer: national symbols and images of aid are paired with the army.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[Lao headline, matching NARA title 'National Army Helps the People': not reliably legible]

[Lao body paragraph and photo captions: illegible]
```

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

```
Headline (per NARA's title): National Army Helps the People. Body text and captions not translated.
```

Lao script not legible enough to transcribe verbatim.

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