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title: Give 'Em Both Barrels
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-em-both-barrels-1941/
description: A helmeted soldier fires a machine gun in dark silhouette, while above and behind him a lighter, ghosted figure in a cap grips a machine tool in the same
section: Collection
---

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[![Give 'Em Both Barrels, 1941 US poster: A helmeted soldier fires a machine gun in dark silhouette, while above and behind him](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/give-em-both-barrels-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/give-em-both-barrels-1941.jpg)

# Give 'Em Both Barrels

A helmeted soldier fires a machine gun in dark silhouette, while above and behind him a lighter, ghosted figure in a cap grips a machine tool in the same pose. The pairing of soldier and factory hand lends the soldier's combat role to production work, and the headline plays on the two barrels. The technique is faint here beyond that visual pairing.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GIVE 'EM
BOTH BARRELS
[signature: Jean Carlu]
[imprint: DIVISION OF INFORMATION / OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT / WASHINGTON, D.C.; GPO line illegible]
```

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