Doggone it, fellows! These guys know there's a war on!
Food-waste poster: three cartoon dogs, one standing at an overturned-lid garbage can, look up in surprise while refuse workers load a truck behind them. The headline has the dogs say that 'these guys know there's a war on', and a yellow disc borrows the shell-casing shape for 'Food is ammunition, don't waste it'. The humour and the ammunition image carry the message that discarded food is a war loss.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government (food conservation campaign)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, 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. Government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-647 (NAID 514125).
Text on the object
DOGGONE IT, FELLOWS! THESE GUYS KNOW THERE'S A WAR ON!" FOOD IS AMMUNITION DON'T WASTE IT [imprint:] U.S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-546993
