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title: Welcome the Marines to Le My (banner, 8 March 1965)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/welcome-marines-le-my-banner-1965/
description: A banner reads "WELCOME THE MARINES TO LE-MY". The welcome is printed as the place's greeting. The photograph does not name who made the banner.
section: Collection
---

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# Welcome the Marines to Le My (banner, 8 March 1965)

A banner reads "WELCOME THE MARINES TO LE-MY". The welcome is printed as the place's greeting. The photograph does not name who made the banner.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
WELCOME THE MARINES
TO LE-MY
```

The hyphen in LE-MY is printed.

[← Highways to Progress poster (Thai, distributed in Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/highways-to-progress-thai-bangkok-1965/) [Fighting for Peace Vietnam poster, 422a (Spanish-language poster distributed in Buenos Aires and Bogota) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fighting-for-peace-vietnam-poster-422a-spanish-1965/)

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