For war service, seeing it through! Are you?
A painted scene of an Army officer pinning a ribbon on a woman in a red jacket, watched by an older man and a man in a suit with a ribbon and badge, in front of an American flag. Below, a chart of nine service ribbons sits above the words 'SEEING IT THROUGH! are you?'. The tell is transfer of the honour of military decoration to civilian war workers, closed with a direct question.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (U.S. Army Official Poster, ISD No. 221)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-816 (NAID 514311).
Text on the object
FOR WAR SERVICE U.S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER EUROPEAN-AFRICAN MIDDLE-EASTERN THEATRE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE AMERICAN THEATRE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR (25 Years) EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE....Gold MERITORIOUS SERVICE...Silver (Attachment) GENERAL STAFF (10 Years) ARMY GROUND FORCES ARMY AIR FORCES ARMY SERVICE FORCES SEEING IT THROUGH! are you? [imprint:] ISD No. 221 [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-638575
