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title: America has plenty if it is used wisely! Don't waste precious materiel
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/america-has-plenty-if-used-wisely-1943/
description: 'Army conservation poster: a flag-like field of red and white stripes with a blue block, five grey roundels showing a factory, barn, tree.'
section: Collection
---

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[![America has plenty if it is used wisely! Don't waste precious materiel, 1943 US poster: Army conservation poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/america-has-plenty-if-used-wisely-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/america-has-plenty-if-used-wisely-1943.jpg)

# America has plenty if it is used wisely! Don't waste precious materiel

Army conservation poster: a flag-like field of red and white stripes with a blue block, five grey roundels showing a factory, barn, tree, oil derrick and mine, and a rifle with web belt and canteen in front. The headline says supply is ample 'if it is used wisely'; the appeal is a general abundance claim paired with a request not to waste equipment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
AMERICA HAS PLENTY
IF IT IS USED WISELY!
Don't waste precious materiel
U.S.
U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 8-P-3
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 -- O -- 553977 [partly illegible]
[signature:] Atherton
```

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