Fight by his side! 5th War Loan
Poster for the 5th War Loan: a white soldier silhouette stands inside a large 'V' (the dots-and-dash of Morse V) on a blue disc, with the command 'Fight by his side!' above and 'Buy extra bonds' below. The soldier and V borrow the army's standing to ask civilians to buy bonds (transfer), and 'by his side' invites joining those already fighting (bandwagon).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, 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)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-758 (NAID 514245).
Text on the object
"Fight by his side!" 5TH WAR LOAN BUY EXTRA BONDS [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—[illegible] WFD 913] [handwritten: classify - War Bonds]
