-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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Manpower Commission (artist Al Moore)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- 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)
War Manpower Commission (artist Al Moore). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-397 (NAID 513848).
Text on the object
"-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
