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title: Buy Bonds - the G.I. way
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-bonds-the-gi-way-1944/
description: 'Comic-strip poster by Al Capp: a kneeling soldier proposes to a barefoot woman in a torn dress, boasting he buys a G.I. bond every month and is no'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Comic-strip poster in rural phonetic dialect; the woman is drawn in a torn dress in a sexualised cartoon style. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Buy Bonds - the G.I. way, 1944 US poster: Comic-strip poster by Al Capp](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-bonds-the-gi-way-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-bonds-the-gi-way-1944.jpg)

# Buy Bonds - the G.I. way

Comic-strip poster by Al Capp: a kneeling soldier proposes to a barefoot woman in a torn dress, boasting he buys a G.I. bond every month and is no 'crap-shootin', no-bond buyin'' soldier. Familiar comic characters and soldier slang (plain-folks, transfer) carry the ask, with a joke that contrasts bond buyers with soldiers who do not buy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EV'RY MONTH AH WAS IN-
AH BOUGHT ME A G.I. BOND
FO' $7.50!!- THEY'S WORTH
$10.00 AT MATOORITY!!-
MARRY ME, MOONBEAM,
MAH SWEET - 'STEAD
O' ONE O' THEM
CRAP-SHOOTIN',
NO-BOND BUYIN',
ALLUS-BROKE
G.I.'S!!
SHO' 'NUFF!!
BUY BONDS - the G.I. way
[signature:] Al Capp
[imprint:] UNITED STATES ARMY WAR BOND POSTER
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-621325
```

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