Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments Poster 7
5/28/1956
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This propaganda poster comes from a series of army behavior posters used during the Vietnam War. It says “You must be close to the people, protect the people and help the people.”
American advisers counseled the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) to stop running over farmers’ chickens with their trucks and be more considerate of the people they were charged with protecting. The ARVN had to overcome cultural differences with the rural population, as well as suspicion over its former association with the French colonizers.
American advisers counseled the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) to stop running over farmers’ chickens with their trucks and be more considerate of the people they were charged with protecting. The ARVN had to overcome cultural differences with the rural population, as well as suspicion over its former association with the French colonizers.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.
National Archives Identifier: 6948908
Full Citation: Poster 306-PPB-79g; Army Behavior Poster (7 Panels to set) - Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments; 5/28/1956; Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, ca. 1950 - ca. 1965; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/vietnamese-army-commandment-7, September 9, 2024]Activities that use this document
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