Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam leaflet, 1966 National Liberation Front photograph: A Marine Corps photograph shows

Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam leaflet (Marine Corps photograph, 15 May 1966)

A Marine Corps photograph shows a leaflet whose large heading names the Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. The photograph's own caption card calls it a Viet Cong propaganda leaflet. The paragraphs under the heading are not legible enough to transcribe.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

Name-calling

Date: May 15, 1966
Period: Cold War
Made by: National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam (leaflet photographed by the U.S. Marine Corps)
Region: Southeast Asia
Country: National Liberation Front
Medium: Photograph
Issuer type: Movement
Regime: National Liberation Front
Leader: Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
Audience: Enemy forces
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: War and the military
Event: Vietnam War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), retrieved October 6, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. Marine Corps photograph; NARA unrestricted)
U.S. Marine Corps. National Archives, RG 127, 127-GVB-294-A369111 (NAID 26400539).

Text on the object

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

THE FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM
[illegible]

Heading read from the leaflet. The print also carries a Defense Department caption card naming the subject as a Viet Cong propaganda leaflet, dated 15 May 1966. Paragraph text is illegible.