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title: 'Come and Learn How You Can Help Our Boys at the Front: War Meeting (W.S.S.)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/come-and-learn-how-you-can-help-our-boys-war-meeting-1918/
description: A black silhouette of an artillery crew firing a field gun, with a smoke cloud at the muzzle, sits above an invitation to a 'War Meeting' with blank lines
section: Collection
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[![Come and Learn How You Can Help Our Boys at the Front: War Meeting, 1918 US poster: A black silhouette of an artillery crew](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/come-and-learn-how-you-can-help-our-boys-war-meeting-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/come-and-learn-how-you-can-help-our-boys-war-meeting-1918.jpg)

# Come and Learn How You Can Help Our Boys at the Front: War Meeting (W.S.S.)

A black silhouette of an artillery crew firing a field gun, with a smoke cloud at the muzzle, sits above an invitation to a 'War Meeting' with blank lines for day, hour and place. The text asks the reader to 'help Our Boys at the Front' and ends with the W.S.S. War Savings Stamps panel. The tell is the pairing of the gun crew with the phrase 'Our Boys', which makes attending and buying a way of joining the soldiers' effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
COME
And learn how you can help
Our Boys at the Front

WAR MEETING

DAY ...........
HOUR ...........
PLACE ...........

W.S.S.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT

FORM A61
```

A small circular seal with lettering to the left of the W.S.S. panel is too small to read and is not transcribed. 'FORM A61' at lower left is a form code.

[← Closed: Public Notice for Violation of the Rules of the United States Food Administration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/closed-public-notice-food-administration-1918/) ["Come On, Boys!" Give the Guard a Fighting Chance →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/come-on-boys-give-the-guard-a-fighting-chance-1918/)

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