Give us lumber for more PT's
Painted scene of motor torpedo boat PT 34 at speed in a night sea, a searchlight beam crossing the sky and an enemy warship exploding in a burst of orange flame behind it. The text asks industry for lumber for more PT boats. The technique is faint: the combat scene is attached to a raw-material request (transfer), and no named speaker is given.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army
- 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
- War and the military, Home front
- 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-885 (NAID 514390).
Text on the object
GIVE US LUMBER FOR MORE PT's [signature: illegible, top left] [seal: U.S. ARMY] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—[illegible]]
