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title: Un Parachutiste de l'Armée [An Army Paratrooper]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-un-parachutiste-de-larmee-french-1942/
description: A colour photograph shows a helmeted US Army paratrooper, parachute pack on his chest, listening to a radio handset in front of the national star-and-bar
section: Collection
---

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# Un Parachutiste de l'Armée [An Army Paratrooper]

A colour photograph shows a helmeted US Army paratrooper, parachute pack on his chest, listening to a radio handset in front of the national star-and-bar roundel on an aircraft. The national emblem filling the background carries the country's prestige onto the soldier (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
UN PARACHUTISTE DE L'ARMÉE

Un parachutiste de l'armée des États-Unis reçoit ses
instructions finales par radio avant de s'envoler

Publié par le Coordinateur d'Affaires Interaméricaines, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
```

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

```
AN ARMY PARATROOPER

A paratrooper of the United States Army receives his final instructions by radio before taking off

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D.C.
```

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