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
- Date
- August 26, 1954
- 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
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Migration
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 26, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949141, 306-PPB-224f).
Text on the object
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
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.
