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title: Grace Line pays tribute to its gallant officers and crews
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/grace-line-pays-tribute-1941/
description: 'Shipping-company tribute sheet: a large V frames a liner at sea under a moon, ringed by 21 portraits of uniformed officers, with a Grace Medal at the base.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Grace Line pays tribute to its gallant officers and crews, 1941 US poster: Shipping-company tribute sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/grace-line-pays-tribute-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/grace-line-pays-tribute-1941.jpg)

# Grace Line pays tribute to its gallant officers and crews

Shipping-company tribute sheet: a large V frames a liner at sea under a moon, ringed by 21 portraits of uniformed officers, with a Grace Medal at the base. A paragraph praises officers and crews as part of the U.S. forces. The sheet places the firm's name beside military service and praise words, an association of the company with the war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GRACE LINE
Pays Tribute to its Gallant Officers and Crews
As our ships have been converted to instruments of war, our captains and our men have set aside their peacetime role and are now an integral and vital part of the United States Forces. As men of the Navy and Merchant Marine, they recognize their duty and are performing acts of astounding skill and heroism. ✓✓✓ We feel a pride which we know is shared by the thousands of people who have travelled in the "Santa" liners and the thousands of merchants who have shipped in the "Santa" freighters. ✓✓✓ We wish our men Godspeed and Victory and hope that they may soon return to the pursuits of peace in the great task that the American Merchant Marine will have to perform.
THE GRACE MEDAL . . . for extraordinary and meritorious service, already awarded to a number of our many captains, officers and men.
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
[imprint:] LITHO IN U.S.A.—[partly illegible] INC.
```

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