Fighting Fish and Fighting Men
U.S. Navy submarine recruiting sheet: a photo montage of submarines at sea and in port, crewmen at table and a cook at work in the galley, under the heading 'Fighting Fish and Fighting Men'. The tell is the appeal 'Join up and fight in the United States Navy' paired with images of ordinary crew life; technique is faint beyond that.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-17 (NAID 513513).
Text on the object
fighting FISH AND FIGHTING MEN DECK GUNS GO INTO ACTION QUICKLY UPON SURFACING THE CREWS EAT WELL ON BOARD OUR SUBMARINES SUBMARINES CAN SUBMERGE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS THE U S S. PIKE UNDERWAY IN ROUGH WEATHER THE SUBMARINE'S COOK IS A MIGHTY IMPORTANT MAN SUBMARINES IN PORT FOR THEIR PERIODICAL OVERHAUL ONE OF THE FLOTILLA PREPARES TO GET UNDERWAY THE U. S. S. NARWHAL ONE OF OUR LARGEST SUBMARINES "COMING UP" MOTHER SHIP REFUELS AND REPROVISIONS ITS BROOD Join up and fight in THE UNITED STATES NAVY [imprint:] NRB-31328-1-17-41-15M #435
