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The Battle of My Lai
1971

This is a satirical movie poster for "The Battle of My Lai," featuring a green-toned silhouette of a soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet pointed upwards. Behind the soldier, silhouettes of what appear to be Vietnamese civilians, including children, are visible. The poster includes mock critical acclaim quotes and credits, such as "Produced by Clark M. Clifford" and "Directed by Gen. Wm. Westmoreland," with "Starring Lt. Wm. L. Calley, Jr." It is styled as a "Stars and Stripes production" and includes a fictitious screenplay credit to "Lyndon B. Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff." The poster is a commentary on the infamous My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
This is a satirical movie poster for "The Battle of My Lai," featuring a green-toned silhouette of a soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet pointed upwards. Behind the soldier, silhouettes of what appear to be Vietnamese civilians, including children, are visible. The poster includes mock critical acclaim quotes and credits, such as "Produced by Clark M. Clifford" and "Directed by Gen. Wm. Westmoreland," with "Starring Lt. Wm. L. Calley, Jr." It is styled as a "Stars and Stripes production" and includes a fictitious screenplay credit to "Lyndon B. Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff." The poster is a commentary on the infamous My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 28 1/16in. (51 × 71.3 cm) Image: 20 1/16 × 28 1/16in. (51 × 71.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.73

Series
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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