He Can't Forget Pearl Harbor - Can You? Buy Bonds
A blindfolded man in a hospital gown reaches out with both hands while a nurse steadies him, on a red field, under 'He can't forget Pearl Harbor - Can you? Buy bonds'. The poster pastes the visible cost of the 1941 attack onto the bond purchase; no enemy is drawn, and the guilt of the question does the selling.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government war-bond poster (Government Printing Office imprint; artist Alex Raymond per the Library of Congress record)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (POS - WWII - US .J8 1944), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work, Government Printing Office imprint)
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (digital id cph.3g03677). Library of Congress record carries no restriction statement; U.S. Government Printing Office imprint, 1944.
Text on the object
He CAN'T forget Pearl Harbor - Can you? BUY BONDS U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [illegible]
The imprint at the foot is too small to read in this scan. A small signature on the sleeve at right is not legible.
