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title: The Marines have come to help you (sign, 21 May 1966)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usmc-marines-have-come-to-help-sign-1966/
description: A sign reads "THE MARINES HAVE COME TO HELP YOU". Arrival is stated as help. The sign does not list what is offered.
section: Collection
---

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[![The Marines have come to help you, 1966 US photograph: A sign reads "THE MARINES HAVE COME TO HELP YOU". Arrival is stated](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usmc-marines-have-come-to-help-sign-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usmc-marines-have-come-to-help-sign-1966.jpg)

# The Marines have come to help you (sign, 21 May 1966)

A sign reads "THE MARINES HAVE COME TO HELP YOU". Arrival is stated as help. The sign does not list what is offered.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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

## Text on the object

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

```
THE MARINES HAVE COME
TO HELP YOU
```

Line break follows the sign.

[← Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam leaflet (Marine Corps photograph, 15 May 1966)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nlf-leaflet-front-liberation-photo-1966-05-15/) [Front for national liberation leaflet addressed to U.S. Marines (photograph, 11 June 1966) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nlf-leaflet-to-marines-photo-1966-06-11/)

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