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title: A-Wing......and A Prayer
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-a-wing-and-a-prayer-1955/
description: An Uncle Sam figure with his hands clasped in a star-spangled sleeve stands at a shore and looks up at an aircraft marked 'Columbine III' flying over
section: Collection
---

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[![A-Wing......and A Prayer, 1955 US cartoon: An Uncle Sam figure with his hands clasped in a star-spangled sleeve stands](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-a-wing-and-a-prayer-1955.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-a-wing-and-a-prayer-1955.jpg)

# A-Wing......and A Prayer

An Uncle Sam figure with his hands clasped in a star-spangled sleeve stands at a shore and looks up at an aircraft marked 'Columbine III' flying over the sea with one wing tipped or damaged. The cartoon's argument is that national hopes ride on the flight, using Uncle Sam as a stand-in for the country (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
A-Wing......and A Prayer
COLUMBINE III
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
7/15/55
```

[← World's Veteran's Day, 26th June 1955 (English poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/worlds-veterans-day-1955/) [Geronimo →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/geronimo-berryman-1955/)

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