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title: -and back us up in a war job!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/and-back-us-up-in-a-war-job-1944/
description: Painted close-up of a helmeted soldier looking back over his shoulder, a truck being hoisted aboard ship behind him.
section: Collection
---

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# -and back us up in a war job!

Painted close-up of a helmeted soldier looking back over his shoulder, a truck being hoisted aboard ship behind him. The quoted headline puts the request in the soldier's voice, and a yellow panel with blanks directs readers to a U.S. Employment Service representative. The technique is transfer: the soldier's standing is lent to the call for war jobs.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"-and back us up
in a war job!"
See U. S. Employment
Service Representative
at [blank]
on [blank]
from [blank] to [blank]
WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION
[signature:] Al Moore
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-598046
```

[← "Amnestija do 15. I. 1945 / Po 15. I. 1945" (Amnesty until 15 January 1945 / After 15 January 1945), Slovene Partisan leaflet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/amnestija-do-15-1-1945-partisan-leaflet/) [Another car the boys overseas failed to receive! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/another-car-boys-overseas-failed-to-receive-1944/)

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