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title: America at War (Action on Guadalcanal; Army's newest tank destroyer; Big bonds from little War Stamps grow)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/america-at-war-woolworth-guadalcanal-1942/
description: 'Illustrated school news sheet of captioned war photographs: Marines at a captured gun emplacement on Guadalcanal, a tank destroyer.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Printed caption uses the period slur 'Japs' for Japanese forces. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![America at War, 1942 US poster: Illustrated school news sheet of captioned war photographs](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/america-at-war-woolworth-guadalcanal-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/america-at-war-woolworth-guadalcanal-1942.jpg)

# America at War (Action on Guadalcanal; Army's newest tank destroyer; Big bonds from little War Stamps grow)

Illustrated school news sheet of captioned war photographs: Marines at a captured gun emplacement on Guadalcanal, a tank destroyer, and a Coast Guardsman on a patrol horse. A cartoon girl buying a stamp from a smiling Uncle Sam figure and a price list close the sheet. The captions' 'Japs' wording is name-calling; the stamp prices tie small savings to equipment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
America at War
AN EXCLUSIVE NEWS AND PICTURE SERVICE PREPARED FOR SCHOOLS AND SHOWING OUR COUNTRY IN ACTION. DISTRIBUTED BY THE U. S. TREASURY
ACTION ON GUADALCANAL. This gun emplacement was once held by Japs. Captured by U. S. Marines, it was immediately used against its former owners. Even the sandbags must be camouflaged. Official Photograph, U. S. Marine Corps
ARMY'S NEWEST TANK DESTROYER. It packs a terrific punch, mounting a 105 MM Howitzer and a 50 caliber machine gun. Speedy tank destroyers are something new in mechanized warfare—have proved their worth. Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps.
HORSES MAKE NEWS IN THIS WAR, TOO. The Coast Guard finds them an important help on beach patrol, and uses horses as well as much mechanized equipment. Official U. S. Navy Photograph
★ SCHOOLS SPEED VICTORY ★
High School Boys Earn Money In Spare Time To Buy U. S. War Bonds
Boys in one Middle West High School felt they weren't buying as many War Stamps as they wanted to. So they set up a regular "employment bureau" in their school, then canvassed the community for odd jobs that high school boys could do in their spare time. Only requirement for a "bureau" job was that the boy put his earnings into War Stamps. It works fine!
[drawn sign: WAR BONDS STAMPS] [drawn: BOND]
BIG BONDS FROM LITTLE WAR STAMPS GROW
Buy War Stamps regularly. Get in the habit of adding to your album every week. First thing you know, you'll have the $18.75 a War Bond costs—and that's one swell feeling! Besides saving for yourself, you give your Uncle Sam a hand. War Stamps you buy pay for these vital war needs.
Two 10¢ Stamps will buy a web waist belt.
One 25¢ Stamp will buy feed for a carrier pigeon for a whole month.
Twenty 25¢ Stamps will pay for a soldier's bayonet.
Your money is used to buy these vital war needs. Buy War Stamps today.
Prepared for the U. S. Treasury as an Aid to the Nation's War Effort by the F. W. Woolworth Co.
```

[← America at War (Playing the "Chicago piano"; Marine Corps raiders; Pass up that evening out!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/america-at-war-woolworth-chicago-piano-1942/) [America at War (A present for the Jap; Army transport; Aboard the famous Joseph Conrad) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/america-at-war-woolworth-kiska-1942/)

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