Don't Strip Tease for Anopheles
Malaria-control poster for troops: a shirtless soldier in a helmet and boots clutches a towel as a cartoon mosquito with a stinger hovers beside him, with the words 'Malaria' and 'Keep Covered'. The pun on 'strip tease' carries the message; the fear-appeal rests on naming malaria, and the technique is faint.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1946
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department (WD GTA 8-24)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- 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 Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. War Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-686 (NAID 514166).
Text on the object
Don't strip tease for Anopheles The anopheles mosquito is a carrier of MALARIA KEEP COVERED [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1946-O-703234 WD GTA 8-24, July 46. Don't Strip Tease for Anopheles. Distribution: Continental: Special distribution. Overseas to Pacific and Caribbean Areas only: A (1); CHQ (1); D (1); B (1); R (1); Bn (1); C (2); D 1 (1); W (1); G (1); S (1). For explanation of distribution formula, see FM 21-6.
