Step Number One: The Social Revolution Moves Forward

A photo sheet (code SP-1219) built round a named militia platoon leader of An Giang, Nguyen Van Bang, who is quoted saying people feel safer and that all cooperate closely. Photographs show militia standing guard on a road and patrolling in file, and the text says militia now secure the road from village to province and work with rural-construction cadres to rebuild bridges. The slogan strip reads 'Today: revolution grows in An Giang. Tomorrow: throughout Vietnam.'

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Testimonial Card stacking Glittering generalities

Date: 1965
Period: Cold War
Made by: Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO), for the South Vietnamese government
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Johnson Administration
Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: War and the military, Home front
Event: Vietnam War
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO), for the South Vietnamese government. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-7-1219.

Text on the object

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

Trung Đội Trưởng Nghĩa Quân, Nguyễn-văn-Bằng nói "Nhân dân cảm thấy yên ổn hơn. Họ đang xây dựng đời sống sung túc hơn. Tất cả chúng tôi đều hợp tác chặt chẽ..."

BƯỚC ĐẦU ĐÃ HOÀN TẤT: CÁCH MẠNG XÃ HỘI TIẾN MẠNH

Đời sống sung túc ấm no đã trở lại ấp này. Chập tối là hai Trung Đội Nghĩa Quân tuần hành phía ngoài ấp để bảo vệ an ninh cho dân chúng cho đến hừng sáng.

Bây giờ đường lộ từ Xã đến Tỉnh được bảo đảm an ninh do lực lượng Nghĩa Quân. Chúng tôi hợp tác với anh em Cán Bộ Xây Dựng Nông Thôn để xây cầu và sửa chữa lại đường xá. Giờ chúng tôi có thể chuyên chở lúa gạo và rau cải đến chợ nhanh chóng và an toàn hơn.

NGÀY NAY: PHÁT TRIỂN CÁCH MẠNG TẠI AN-GIANG
NGÀY MAI: TRÊN TOÀN ĐẤT NƯỚC VIỆT-NAM.

SP-1219

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

Militia Platoon Leader Nguyen-van-Bang says "The people feel more secure. They are building a more prosperous life. All of us cooperate closely..."

STEP ONE COMPLETED: THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION MOVES FORWARD

A prosperous, well-fed life has returned to this hamlet. At dusk two Militia platoons patrol outside the hamlet to protect the people until dawn.

Now the road from the village to the province is kept secure by the Militia force. We cooperate with our brothers of the Rural Construction Cadre to build bridges and repair the roads. Now we can carry rice and vegetables to market faster and more safely.

TODAY: DEVELOPING THE REVOLUTION IN AN-GIANG
TOMORROW: THROUGHOUT VIETNAM.

SP-1219

Vietnamese diacritics transcribed as printed to the best of legibility at image resolution.