America's Alertmen! Meet Benny the Bungler
Hand-lettered sheet introducing 'Benny the Bungler': a head peeks from behind a black 8-ball, and a cartoon soldier stands with hands in pockets. Text: 'Beware of this man in your outfit, be sure it isn't you!' The tell is a mocked figure as the example not to follow.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Headquarters Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Eastern Theater of Operations
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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. Army, Headquarters Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Eastern Theater of Operations. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-479J (NAID 513957).
Text on the object
AMERICA'S ALERTMEN! BEWARE OF THIS MAN IN YOUR OUTFIT ~ be sure it isn't YOU! He's always behind the 8-BALL, he never does things right! MEET... "BENNY the BUNGLER" [imprint:] 1-24-42 THIS IS NO.1 IN A SERIES OF POSTERS ON THE WRONG-DOINGS OF "BENNY the BUNGLER". DON'T BE LIKE HIM! [imprint:] Created & Produced by HEADQUARTERS ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY COMMAND EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS SANDERFORD JARMAN Major General, U.S. Army Commanding [handwritten margin notes:] [illegible] 415; 2-1-42; encl 1; 3844
