America's Fishing Fleet and Men... Assets to Victory
Three fishermen in oilskins haul a net heavy with fish onto a deck piled with catch, while a warship steams under a pale sky behind them. The headline credits the fishing fleet as 'assets to victory': the work of ordinary tradesmen is tied to the navy and the war aim, plain-folks imagery joined with transfer.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (OWI Poster No. 61; artist Koerner)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-359 (NAID 513809).
Text on the object
AMERICA'S FISHING FLEET AND MEN ...ASSETS TO VICTORY [signature: KOERNER] OWI Poster No. 61. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-525393]
