Vietnam Fights and Builds, No. 1 (July 1964), cover
The colour cover of the first issue of an English-language government magazine shows three soldiers in flower garlands on a camouflaged armoured personnel carrier, reaching down to a small child held up by a woman in a headscarf, under the title 'Vietnam Fights and Builds'. The tell: garlands, a child and smiling soldiers attach civilian welcome to military hardware, and the title pairs 'fights' with 'builds'.
- Date
- July 1964
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Government of the Republic of Vietnam (official English-language information magazine, 1964-66; no issuing office named on the cover)
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Medium
- Books and pamphlets
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Nguyen Khanh Government
- Leader
- Nguyen Khanh
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Google Books scan of a Stanford University Libraries copy), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons tag PD-South VietnamGov: Republic of Vietnam government work)
Government of the Republic of Vietnam; Google Books, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
VIETNAM Fights and Build[illegible] 1 JULY 64
The last letter of 'Builds' is cut off at the right edge. A Stanford University Libraries stamp ('STACKS APR 16 1974') and a handwritten call number at upper left are library marks and are omitted.
