Back the attack! Buy more bonds
Treasury 5th War Loan poster: a man, a woman and a boy in work overalls, two holding hoe or rake handles, stand before a large U.S. flag, with a V-for-victory 5th War Loan badge at lower left. The ordinary working clothes are the plain-folks tell; the flag and the 'attack' wording tie bond buying to the armed forces (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- 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. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-449 (NAID 513918).
Text on the object
Back the Attack! [imprint: ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—584052] [handwritten: Classify - War Bonds -] 5TH WAR LOAN Buy MORE BONDS OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER [imprint: WFD 920]
