Don't throw away ammunition! The long stubs thrown away in one month would weld 120 tanks
Workplace conservation poster: Uncle Sam in a star-spangled vest rests a hand on a welder, who holds an electrode holder, and points at the stub. The headline treats leftover welding rod as ammunition, and the caption gives one selected figure, 120 tanks a month. The techniques are transfer (Uncle Sam's authority) and card-stacking (one chosen statistic, unsourced).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board, Washington, D.C.; artist C. C. Beall
- 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, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
War Production Board, Washington, D.C.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-695 (NAID 514176).
Text on the object
DON'T THROW AWAY AMMUNITION! The long stubs thrown away in one month would weld 120 tanks [signature: c.c.beall] [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-480630 [imprint:] WAR PRODUCTION BOARD WASHINGTON, D. C.
