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title: For all the brave buy war bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-all-the-brave-buy-war-bonds-1941/
description: 'War bond poster: an airman in fleece-lined flying helmet and jacket carries a parachute pack beside a bomber''s wing.'
section: Collection
---

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[![For all the brave buy war bonds, 1941 US poster: War bond poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-all-the-brave-buy-war-bonds-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-all-the-brave-buy-war-bonds-1941.jpg)

# For all the brave buy war bonds

War bond poster: an airman in fleece-lined flying helmet and jacket carries a parachute pack beside a bomber's wing, with a second crewman and a distant aircraft behind, under the script headline 'For All the Brave' and the words 'Buy War Bonds' in large red letters. 'Brave' is the virtue word; the aircrew scene lends their risk to the purchase.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
For All the Brave
BUY WAR BONDS
[imprint: PUBLISHED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURY'S SCHOOLS-AT-WAR PROGRAM]
```

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