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title: Fight... Syphilis and Gonorrhea
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fight-syphilis-and-gonorrhea-army-1943/
description: A large drawn portrait of a helmeted soldier looks past the viewer above the word 'FIGHT...' and 'syphilis and gonorrhea'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Fight... Syphilis and Gonorrhea, 1943 US poster: A large drawn portrait of a helmeted soldier looks past the viewer above](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fight-syphilis-and-gonorrhea-army-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fight-syphilis-and-gonorrhea-army-1943.jpg)

# Fight... Syphilis and Gonorrhea

A large drawn portrait of a helmeted soldier looks past the viewer above the word 'FIGHT...' and 'syphilis and gonorrhea', followed by four lines of instruction: avoid exposure, avoid pickups and prostitutes, use prophylaxis if exposed, see a medical officer if infected. The technique is faint; the closest is transfer, the soldier's combat image and the word 'fight' carried over to a health instruction. It names prostitutes and pickups as the risk.

## 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

```
[credit: Drawn by ROBERT RIGGS]
FIGHT...
syphilis and gonorrhea
Avoid exposure
Avoid pickups and prostitutes
If exposed, use prophylaxis
If infected, see a medical officer
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-505619]
[imprint: U. S. Army in Conjunction With the Office of War Information]
```

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