Give 'em the stuff to fight with... Work for freedom!
Two helmeted soldiers in a muddy trench stretch out empty hands toward a rifle held out by a gloved arm in the foreground, under the quoted line 'Give 'em the stuff to fight with' and the slogan 'Work for Freedom!'. The front-line need is placed beside the call to war work, with 'freedom' as the abstract goal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of Facts and Figures (artist John Falter)
- 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
- War and the military, Home front, Labor
- 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)
Office of Facts and Figures. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-879 (NAID 514384).
Text on the object
"Give 'em the stuff to fight with..." WORK FOR FREEDOM! [signature: JOHN FALTER 42] [imprint: For additional copies write to Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures, Washington, D. C. . . . Specify GPO Jacket No. 453121.] [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942-O]
