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title: Get a war job to help him fight
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-a-war-job-to-help-him-fight-1942/
description: Close-up photographic portrait of a helmeted, grimy-faced soldier with a bayonet at his shoulder, under 'Get a war job' and 'to help him fight'.
section: Collection
---

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# Get a war job to help him fight

Close-up photographic portrait of a helmeted, grimy-faced soldier with a bayonet at his shoulder, under 'Get a war job' and 'to help him fight', with a line sending readers to the nearest U.S. Employment Service. The soldier stands in for the worker's obligation: taking a job is framed as direct support for him, an appeal to duty more than to threat.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GET A WAR JOB
to help him fight
SEE NEAREST U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
[imprint:] PHOTO BY PAGANO, INC.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-496848
```

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