Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.551
Object Name
Poster
Title
U.S. Out! Let Vietnam Decide Its Own Future
People
United States of America
Events
Vietnam War
Date
1965
Description
White poster with red print reading "U.S. Out! Let Vietnam decide its own future". Along the bottom of the page reads "Issued by the Communist Party, 16 King St., London, W.C.2"
The poster references the United States of America's involvement in the Vietnam war, where they supported South Vietnam against North Vietnam. Vietnam war was from 1955-1975.Millions died - Vietnamese civilians and American Soldiers. The United States provided funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam's government and military since Vietnam's partition into the Communist North and Democratic South. Opposition to American involvement was widespread, condemning the decision to put troops in Vietnam, as well as opposition to the violence, war crimes and human rights abuses. War crimes were committed by both sides, with American forces initially denying massacres, mass rape and unnecessary murders. Sexual violence was also used as a war crime. African Americans died at a higher rate in combat and suffered huge amounts of racism. Communists would have definitely opposed the war due to unnecessary violence and capitalist expansion. The war was widely condemned and sparked several
peace movements and anti-war movements across the world.
A duplicate copy of the poster includes an inked date along the bottom of the poster, reading "June 1965".0
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