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title: Be sure it's right, check and double check!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/be-sure-its-right-check-and-double-check-1944/
description: 'Training poster on shipment markings: a requisition form, a yellow War Department shipping document and a crated box all carry the same code.'
section: Collection
---

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# Be sure it's right, check and double check!

Training poster on shipment markings: a requisition form, a yellow War Department shipping document and a crated box all carry the same code, linked by black arrows reading 'Here and here' and 'And here', with the slogan 'Be sure it's right, check and double check!'. The technique is faint here; this is mainly an instructional aid, and the closest is the slogan-style imperative.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
REQUISITION
To:
SHIP To:
BOBO-K-ORDII-SA302
Stock No.
WAR DEPT. SHIPPING DOCUMENT
DATE SHIPPED
CAR NO. & INITIAL
SEAL NOS.
VOUCHER NO.
STATION
REQUISITION NO.
CONSIGNOR:
CONSIGNEE:
BOBO-K-ORDII-SA302RA
TYPE OF PKGS.
PKG. NUMBER
UNIT WT.
TOTAL
HERE AND HERE
AND HERE
BOBO-K-ORDII-SA302RA
BE SURE IT'S RIGHT
check and double check!
[imprint:] Identification of Separate Shipments "Be Sure It's Right," approved War Department Graphic Training Aid 38-2, War Department 27 July 1944 (reproduction without permission prohibited).
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—603028
```

[← Be kind to your stomach](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/be-kind-to-your-stomach-public-health-1944/) [Bearing a burden →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bearing-a-burden-1944/)

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