Gee! Have I got to take that one too?
A baby labelled '1941' stands on a globe holding an American football helmet marked 'USA' and looks at a large steel helmet marked 'Europe' on the ground, saying 'Gee! Have I got to take that one too?' An hourglass hangs at his side. The tell, a weak fit for fear-appeal, is a staged threat with a single implied question: the child-year is shown facing a war helmet, with no weighing of alternatives.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- January 1, 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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 (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743125 (NAID 5743125).
Text on the object
1941 GEE! HAVE I GOT TO TAKE THAT ONE TOO? USA EUROPE Jim Berryman
