Another enemy to conquer: forest fires, nine out of ten can be prevented
Sheet of 50 identical poster stamps (five across, ten down), each showing a wide-eyed squirrel on a branch against red and pink flame streaks, with the line 'Another enemy to conquer' above 'Forest Fires'. The tell is transfer: the vocabulary of the war enemy is applied to wildfire, with the 9-in-10 preventability figure as the ask.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Federal and State Forest Services
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- 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)
Federal and State Forest Services. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-409 (NAID 513860).
Text on the object
ANOTHER ENEMY TO CONQUER FOREST FIRES NINE OUT OF TEN CAN BE PREVENTED Federal and State Forest Services [imprint: GPO] (text repeated on each of the 50 stamps in the sheet)
