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title: Feet First!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/feet-first-1944/
description: 'Illustrated Army conservation sheet: a rifleman with fixed bayonet advances across mud behind an oversized muddy boot.'
section: Collection
---

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# Feet First!

Illustrated Army conservation sheet: a rifleman with fixed bayonet advances across mud behind an oversized muddy boot, under the headline 'Feet First!' and the instruction to repair, change and use dubbing. The soldier and the boot tie the everyday task of shoe care to the fighting man (transfer); no enemy is shown and no other technique is strongly present.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FEET
FIRST!
KEEP SHOES IN FIGHTING TRIM
REPAIR · CHANGE · USE DUBBING
[signature: Bill Randall]
[imprint: OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—602807]
[imprint: ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 103-Q-37]
U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
```

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