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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Grace Line
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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)
Grace Line. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-913 (NAID 514418).
Text on the object
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.
