The Common Struggle: But Soldiers Do More Than Fight...
A green page headed 'BUT soldiers do more than fight...' says soldiers 'build roads, repair bridges, treat the ill, provide for refugees'. Two photographs show Republic of Korea troops grading and clearing a road near Di An and New Zealand Army engineers repairing a bridge over the Thu Dau Mot River. The tell is the contrast set up by 'BUT' against an unstated preceding page of fighting, with only construction work pictured for the allied forces.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed on the sheet; catalogued by NARA in RG 306 (U.S. Information Agency) psychological warfare posters, series 'The Common Struggle'
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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
Issuer not printed on the sheet; catalogued by NARA in RG 306 (U.S. Information Agency) psychological warfare posters. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-011-21.
Text on the object
7 BUT soldiers do more than fight... They build roads, repair bridges, treat the ill, provide for refugees. Republic of Korea troops around Di An build and improve roads, one of the keys to the economic development of South Vietnam. New Zealand Army engineers help repair bridge over Thu Dau Mot River, north of Saigon.
