--- title: National Day Shows National and International Unity url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/national-day-national-international-unity-1966/ description: 'A peach-and-orange sheet presents five black-and-white photographs of the 1 November 1966 National Day parade in Saigon: ARVN troops in camouflage.' section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. National Day Shows National and International Unity [![National Day Shows National and International Unity, 1966 US poster: A peach-and-orange sheet presents five black-and-white](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/national-day-national-international-unity-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/national-day-national-international-unity-1966.jpg) # National Day Shows National and International Unity A peach-and-orange sheet presents five black-and-white photographs of the 1 November 1966 National Day parade in Saigon: ARVN troops in camouflage, allied soldiers carrying national flags, Regional Force troops in conical hats, and montagnard (Truong Son) forces with elephants. Captions say the units show unity and strength, and that former Viet Cong now returned to the government are also present. The tell is the parade as proof: massed ranks and flags stand for national and allied unity. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` QUỐC KHÁNH BIỂU DƯƠNG TÌNH ĐOÀN KẾT GIỮA CÁC LỰC LƯỢNG QUỐC GIA VÀ ĐỒNG MINH NHỮNG ĐƠN VỊ DIỄN HÀNH TẠI SÀIGÒN NHÂN NGÀY QUỐC KHÁNH 1-11-1966 TƯỢNG TRƯNG CHO SỨC MẠNH VÀ TÌNH ĐOÀN KẾT VÔ ĐỊCH. TINH THẦN CƯƠNG-QUYẾT VÀ ĐOÀN KẾT CỦA LỰC LƯỢNG ĐỒNG MINH CŨNG ĐƯỢC CÁC ĐƠN VỊ TƯỢNG TRƯNG BIỂU DƯƠNG TRONG CUỘC LỄ. Mắt ngời ánh kiên quyết đoàn binh sĩ đã hùng dũng diễn hành qua khán đài. Các binh sĩ Đồng Minh cầm cờ diễn hành tượng trưng sự hợp tác của khối tự do. Các lực lượng Trường-Sơn cũng đã nói lên lòng cương quyết đoàn kết. Sự hiện diện của những người trước là Việt-Cộng nay đã trở về với Chính Phủ nói lên tình đoàn kết khả dĩ mang lại thanh bình và tự do cho xứ sở. SP-1559 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` NATIONAL DAY DEMONSTRATES UNITY BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND ALLIED FORCES The units that paraded in Saigon on National Day, 1-11-1966, symbolise invincible strength and unity. The resolute spirit and unity of the Allied forces were also demonstrated by symbolic units in the ceremony. With eyes shining with determination, the troops proudly marched past the reviewing stand. Allied soldiers carrying flags march, symbolising the cooperation of the free bloc. The Truong Son forces have also voiced their determined unity. The presence of those who were formerly Viet Cong and have now returned to the Government expresses a unity that can bring peace and freedom to the country. SP-1559 ``` Captions transcribed in reading order of the layout. Diacritics read at image resolution. [← Mr. Sang Doubles His Income](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mr-sang-doubles-his-income-1965-1969/) [A New Chieu Hoi Village in Gia Dinh →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-chieu-hoi-village-gia-dinh-1966/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Consult of the doctors on the grave illness of the Grand Sultan (Consult vande medicijnen inde swaere siekte vanden grooten Sultaen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consult-of-the-doctors-sick-sultan-antwerp-1683/) (Spanish Netherlands · 1683 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ["Jackson ticket" with Hickory tree motto, Baltimore (1828)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jackson-ticket-hickory-tree-1828/) (United States · 1828 · Bandwagon, Transfer) - [Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-stop-van-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Name-calling, Bandwagon) - [Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-whole-hog-van-buren-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon) - ["Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/political-race-course-union-track-harrison-1836/) (United States · 1836 · Bandwagon, Name-calling). Content note: Partisan caricature of named politicians that uses the epithet 'Black Dan' for Daniel Webster and regional stereotypes in the speech balloons. - ["Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman", April 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/grand-match-kinderhook-poney-ohio-ploughman-harrison-1836/) (United States · Apr 1836 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - ['The People's Line -- Take care of the Locomotive', Whig woodcut, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peoples-line-take-care-of-the-locomotive-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Bandwagon) - ['The Fox Chace', Whig cartoon of Van Buren hunted by cider-barrel hounds, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-fox-chace-van-buren-harrison-childs-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Name-calling, Bandwagon)