America's Alertmen, Vol. I No. 4
Cover of a newsletter showing General Douglas MacArthur in uniform, hands on hips, before a glowing burst of light, with a red handwritten-style quotation: 'Only those men are fit to live who are not afraid to die.' The named general is used as the endorsing voice and the light behind him adds a heroic frame. Masthead boxes read 'Know your job!' and 'Keep 'em falling!'.
Propaganda techniques used in this newspaper page
- Date
- March 30, 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- America's Alertmen (periodical; publisher not printed on the cover; art John Cutler Murphy)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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)
America's Alertmen. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-357 (NAID 513807).
Text on the object
KNOW YOUR JOB! AMERICA'S ALERTMEN KEEP 'EM FALLING! VOL. I NO. 4 MARCH 30, 1942 Only those men are fit to live who are not afraid to die-- --GENERAL MACARTHUR [signature: John Cutler Murphy] [illegible: typed text from the reverse side of the sheet shows through the paper]
