Alert! Your skill and devotion will win the war
Text-only Coast Guard sheet in a decorative border: 'ALERT!' in large type, then 'Your skill and devotion will win the war' and 'United States Coast Guard'. There is no picture. The technique is faint; the slogan praises the reader's skill and devotion and promises victory in broad, undefined terms (glittering generalities).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Coast Guard. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-326 (NAID 513773).
Text on the object
NCG 814 (March 1942) ALERT! Your Skill and Devotion will WIN THE WAR UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 16—25441-2 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
