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title: Army Navy E for excellence in production, Let's keep it flying
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-navy-e-production-award-keep-it-flying-1941/
description: 'Production-award poster: a large red and blue Army-Navy E pennant with a laurel wreath flies above a naval officer.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Army Navy E for excellence in production, Let's keep it flying, 1941 US poster: Production-award poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-navy-e-production-award-keep-it-flying-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-navy-e-production-award-keep-it-flying-1941.jpg)

# Army Navy E for excellence in production, Let's keep it flying

Production-award poster: a large red and blue Army-Navy E pennant with a laurel wreath flies above a naval officer, a factory worker hauling the halyard and an army officer saluting. A white shield explains the award as the highest honor given to industry. The tell is transfer: the prestige of the flag and the two services is attached to workers and plants, under the slogan 'Let's keep it flying'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ARMY E NAVY
FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION
ARMY—NAVY
PRODUCTION AWARD
THE ARMY — NAVY PRODUCTION AWARD
IS THE HIGHEST HONOR GIVEN
IN INDUSTRY IN RECOGNITION OF
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF
NECESSARY WAR MATERIALS.
LET'S KEEP IT FLYING
[imprint:] INCENTIVE DIVISION, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C.
```

[← Armistice Day - The Free French and Their Friends Will Commemorate the Only Armistice They Recognize (New York, 11 November 1941)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/armistice-day-free-french-france-forever-1941/) [As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/as-i-would-not-be-a-slave-1941/)

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