Ready Power for Peace, 7th Fleet poster (English poster distributed in Manila)
A sheet on the US Seventh Fleet: a carrier and escorts seen through a binocular frame over a Pacific map, plus photographs of a combat information center, a jet on a flight deck, helicopters and a sailor greeting children. It says the fleet patrols a third of the earth's surface 'in defense of peace' and meets US obligations to Pacific nations. The tell is euphemism, naming military force 'power for peace', with transfer in the good-will images.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 21, 1964
- 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
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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, May 21, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949251, 306-PPB-326).
Text on the object
READY POWER FOR PEACE Fleet combat information center evaluates data on aircraft movements. Missile-laden jet streaks down flight deck during simulated defense drill. Helicopter team speeds up troops to the beach or behind enemy lines. Good will visits to foreign ports promote better understanding. Around the clock, the United States Seventh Fleet patrols one-third of the earth's surface in defense of peace. It is prepared to meet America's obligations to Free World nations in the Pacific. Its men serve as seaborne ambassadors, promoting international good will and mutual understanding. [map labels:] BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN SUPPLEMENT TO FREE WORLD VOL. XIII NO. 6 JUNE 1964
