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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Employment Service
- 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
- Labor, 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)
U.S. Employment Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-187 (NAID 513633).
Text on the object
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
