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title: Extra war bonds, 5th War Loan
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/extra-war-bonds-5th-war-loan-1944/
description: 'Treasury bond poster: a large broom marked EXTRA WAR BONDS sweeps a torn Japanese Rising Sun flag, a broken sword.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Shows a torn Japanese Rising Sun flag, a swastika flag and a bullet-holed helmet with a swastika, swept away by a broom. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Extra war bonds, 5th War Loan, 1944 US poster: Treasury bond poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/extra-war-bonds-5th-war-loan-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/extra-war-bonds-5th-war-loan-1944.jpg)

# Extra war bonds, 5th War Loan

Treasury bond poster: a large broom marked EXTRA WAR BONDS sweeps a torn Japanese Rising Sun flag, a broken sword, a bullet-holed helmet with a swastika and a torn swastika flag, with '5th WAR LOAN' below. The tell is transfer: the buyer's purchase is shown as the act that clears away enemy symbols, with no figure of a buyer shown.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EXTRA
WAR
BONDS
5th WAR LOAN
[signature: Atherton]
[imprint: ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—581632]
OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
WFD 911
```

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