Get a load of this... The Army needs lumber for crates and boxes
Painted scene of shirtless soldiers loading crates by a hoist on a shore, with shell bursts and burning ground behind and a sergeant looking up. Headline 'Get a load of this...' and a red panel say the Army needs lumber for crates and boxes. The battle backdrop ties a civilian supply request to danger to troops.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (artist J. Karl)
- 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
- Home front, War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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-859 (NAID 514353).
Text on the object
GET A LOAD OF THIS... The Army needs LUMBER for Crates and Boxes U. S. ARMY [signature: J. KARL] [imprint: ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 — [illegible]]
