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title: 'Feed a Fighter: Eat Only What You Need, Waste Nothing, That He and His Family May Have Enough'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/feed-a-fighter-1918/
description: A helmeted soldier in a muddy trench drinks from a tin cup, a rifle at his side and other figures behind him, in a dark charcoal-style lithograph.
section: Collection
---

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# Feed a Fighter: Eat Only What You Need, Waste Nothing, That He and His Family May Have Enough

A helmeted soldier in a muddy trench drinks from a tin cup, a rifle at his side and other figures behind him, in a dark charcoal-style lithograph. The caption ties household restraint at the table to the soldier's meal and to his family's supply, so the soldier's presence is attached to the request to eat less.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FEED a FIGHTER
Eat only what you need -
Waste nothing -
That he and his family
may have enough
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
[illegible signature, lower right of picture]
```

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