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title: 'Operation Freedom small poster 224c: food for evacuees (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operation-freedom-small-poster-224c-food-for-evacuees-vietnamese-saigon-1954/
description: A halftone photograph under the headline 'Tac Dong Tu-Do' (Operation Freedom) shows American sailors in white caps ladling food from trays and tubs
section: Collection
---

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[![Operation Freedom small poster 224c: food for evacuees, 1954 US poster: A halftone photograph under the headline 'Tac Dong](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/operation-freedom-small-poster-224c-food-for-evacuees-vietnamese-saigon-1954.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/operation-freedom-small-poster-224c-food-for-evacuees-vietnamese-saigon-1954.jpg)

# Operation Freedom small poster 224c: food for evacuees (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A halftone photograph under the headline 'Tac Dong Tu-Do' (Operation Freedom) shows American sailors in white caps ladling food from trays and tubs to a crowd of Vietnamese, including women and children. The caption says the ships have ample food and that the sailors are glad to help. The tell is card-stacking: only the plenty and the sailors' goodwill are shown, in a sheet meant to ease the reader's worries about the journey.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [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
Các tầu Mỹ chở đồng-bào tản-cư đều có đầy đủ lương-thực.
Thủy-thủ Mỹ rất vui sướng được giúp đỡ
các bạn Việt-Nam lúc này
```

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

```
Operation Freedom. The American ships carrying compatriot evacuees all have ample food. The American sailors are very happy to be able to help their Vietnamese friends at this time.
```

No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.

[← Operation Freedom small poster 224b: ship in Ha Long Bay (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operation-freedom-small-poster-224b-ship-in-ha-long-bay-vietnamese-saigon-1954/) [Operation Freedom small poster 224d: sailor and orange (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operation-freedom-small-poster-224d-sailor-and-orange-vietnamese-saigon-1954/)

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