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title: Recruiting poster Nos. 1 and 2, 164QD2 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/recruiting-poster-nos-1-2-164qd2-vietnamese-saigon-1964/
description: A Vietnamese military-service poster. A modern infantryman in helmet and pack, rifle in hand, strides forward while a thought bubble above him holds four
section: Collection
---

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# Recruiting poster Nos. 1 and 2, 164QD2 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A Vietnamese military-service poster. A modern infantryman in helmet and pack, rifle in hand, strides forward while a thought bubble above him holds four historical battle scenes of armoured horsemen and fallen enemy soldiers, and a fifth scene shows bodies among stakes in water. The couplet links living free to doing military service. The tell is transfer: past national victories are attached to present conscription.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Anh ơi muốn sống tự do
Thi hành quân dịch chúng ta diệt thù

164QD2
```

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

```
Brother, if you want to live free, carry out military service: we destroy the enemy. [Code:] 164QD2
```

The line may be read as a couplet in which carrying out military service is the means of destroying the enemy.

[← Military Service Is a Citizen's Duty poster, PPB-369 (Vietnamese, Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/military-service-citizens-duty-ppb-369-vietnamese-saigon-1964/) [Recruiting poster Nos. 3 and 4, J64QD1 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/recruiting-poster-nos-3-4-j64qd1-vietnamese-saigon-1964/)

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