Content note: Wartime caricature of a Japanese soldier with exaggerated glasses and teeth, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Celebrate the 4th, buy extra war bonds
War-bond poster in red and white: a large numeral 4 holds a caricatured Japanese soldier, drawn with round glasses, bared teeth and a star-badge cap, squeezed through it and sweating, with boots kicking out below. 'Celebrate the 4th' plays on the Fourth War Loan; the enemy is shown as a grotesque caricature (name-calling) and in distress.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (J. D. White, USNR, artist)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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 and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-566 (NAID 514045).
Text on the object
CELEBRATE THE 4TH BUY EXTRA WAR BONDS [signature:] J.D. WHITE USNR [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 O - 577119
