Men of Valor - They Fight for You (Corvette Oakville boarding party)
Two bare-chested sailors run along the deck of a surfaced submarine with a swastika on its conning tower, pistols drawn, as its crew scrambles from the tower; the caption names the Canadian corvette Oakville. The tell is the named-unit account of a real action under the heroic label 'Men of valor', with 'They fight for you' addressing the viewer directly.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Wartime Information Board, Ottawa; artist Hubert Rogers
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright by government imprint, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Wartime Information Board, Ottawa; artist Hubert Rogers, 1942. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44267731.
Text on the object
MEN of VALOR They fight for you Two-man boarding party from the Canadian corvette 'Oakville' subdues crew of German sub in Caribbean ISSUED BY WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD, OTTAWA. PRINTED IN CANADA UE-7 [signature in the artwork:] HUBERT ROGERS '42 OTTAWA
