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title: 'Operation Freedom small poster 224f: cheerful sailor and orange (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operation-freedom-224f-cheerful-sailor-vietnamese-1954/
description: A halftone photograph under the headline 'Tac Dong Tu-Do' (Operation Freedom) shows a kneeling man handing an orange to a small child held by a woman.
section: Collection
---

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[![Operation Freedom small poster 224f: cheerful sailor and orange, 1954 US poster: A halftone photograph under the headline](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/operation-freedom-224f-cheerful-sailor-vietnamese-1954.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/operation-freedom-224f-cheerful-sailor-vietnamese-1954.jpg)

# Operation Freedom small poster 224f: cheerful sailor and orange (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A halftone photograph under the headline 'Tac Dong Tu-Do' (Operation Freedom) shows a kneeling man handing an orange to a small child held by a woman, with children and a figure in a dark habit looking on. The caption says American sailors are cheerful and easygoing by nature. The tell is plain folks: a small personal kindness is offered as typical of American sailors.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TÁC ĐỘNG TỰ-DO
Thủy-thủ Mỹ vốn tính dễ dãi vui vẻ.
Đây một thủy-thủ Mỹ tặng trái cam cho em bé trên chuyến
tầu chở đồng-bào vào miền Nam
```

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

```
Operation Freedom. American sailors are easygoing and cheerful by nature. Here an American sailor gives an orange to a small child on the ship carrying compatriots to the South.
```

No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.

[← Anba' Moussawarah (Pictorial News) No. 34/54: News in Pictures (illustrated news sheet distributed in Beirut)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/anba-moussawarah-34-news-in-pictures-beirut-1954/) [Operation Freedom small poster 224a: medical care aboard ship (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operation-freedom-small-poster-224a-medical-care-vietnamese-saigon-1954/)

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