Operation Brotherhood poster, sheet 2 of 4 (English poster distributed in Manila)
Sheet 2 of the Operation Brotherhood set: three photographs of volunteer doctors and nurses at work, an examination of a child, a patient in a hammock arriving after a 13-day journey, and harelip surgery on an improvised table. The captions name the doctors. The tell is transfer: the standing of medical care and the Red Cross emblem is attached to the project and its sponsors.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 14, 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Health, 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 the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 14, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949055, 306-PPB-158b).
Text on the object
OPERATION BROTHERHOOD Travelling for 13 days to reach Operation Brotherhood clinic at Quang Ngai, Central Vietnam, this accident victim receives immediate attention of Jaycee volunteer doctor and nurse. Majority of those needing medical assistance in South Vietnam are children. Here, Dr. Henry Hartendorp examines youngsters at clinic. At the Operation Brotherhood headquarters in Saigon, Dr. Gonzalo S. Dijamco and Dr. Nestor Zenarosa perform surgery on a harelip patient, using improvised operating table. JCI 2
