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title: Did you give them enough...on time?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/did-you-give-them-enough-on-time-war-dept-1945/
description: Photomontage of three wounded soldiers on stretchers eating from cups beside a film-strip of battlefield and supply-office stills.
section: Collection
---

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[![Did you give them enough...on time?, 1945 US poster: Photomontage of three wounded soldiers on stretchers eating from cups](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/did-you-give-them-enough-on-time-war-dept-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/did-you-give-them-enough-on-time-war-dept-1945.jpg)

# Did you give them enough...on time?

Photomontage of three wounded soldiers on stretchers eating from cups beside a film-strip of battlefield and supply-office stills, headed 'Did you give them enough...on time?' with 'These men counted on you' and a note about a 20-minute film. The tell for fear-appeal is the guilt question put over images of casualties (with transfer of the soldiers' standing to the viewer's supply job).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Did you give them
ENOUGH...ON TIME?

Running time 20 minutes

These men counted on you. See how important YOUR JOB is-in the dramatic film, "Enough and On Time"!

DISTRIBUTION: AAF (5), AGF (5), ASF (2); Tech Sv (20); PE (Tng Off) (20); Sub PE (Tng Off) (10); Cargo PE (Tng Off) (10); Ars (Tng Off) (10); ASF Dep (Tng Off) (20); Dep under jurisdiction of ASF (Tng Off) (10); Div Eng (20); Dist Eng (20); Pro Dist (Tng Off) (20); TZ (Tng Off) (100); (No overseas distribution).
WAR DEPARTMENT POSTER No. 38-1A
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945 -O- 634419
```

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