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title: '"For God''s sake send planes!" Planes mean guns, our guns'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-god-s-sake-send-planes-oldsmobile-1942/
description: 'Industry poster: a wide-eyed soldier in a helmet crouches among leaves, shouting into a field telephone, under the quoted plea ''For God''s sake send'
section: Collection
---

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# "For God's sake send planes!" Planes mean guns, our guns

Industry poster: a wide-eyed soldier in a helmet crouches among leaves, shouting into a field telephone, under the quoted plea 'For God's sake send planes!' attributed to an 'actual message from the Far East'. Two U.S. fighters fly along the foot beside 'Planes mean guns - our guns'. The tell is a quoted plea from the front combined with an urgent image, a testimonial and fear-appeal aimed at war workers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"FOR GOD'S SAKE
SEND PLANES!"
-ACTUAL MESSAGE
FROM THE FAR EAST
PLANES mean GUNS-
OUR GUNS
LET'S GO, EVERYBODY ... KEEP 'EM FIRING!
[imprint:] COPYRIGHT, 1942 - OLDSMOBILE DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, LANSING, MICHIGAN
```

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