Content note: Wartime cartoon showing a Japanese soldier drawn as a snarling racial caricature being carried off by a U.S. Marine. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Heave Ho! How many times do I have to throw you outa here?
Black-and-white cartoon: a scowling U.S. Marine in a helmet carries a struggling enemy soldier toward the sea on a Solomon Islands beach, saying 'How many times do I have to throw you outa here?' The enemy figure is drawn as a snarling caricature with exaggerated teeth and cursing symbols, a name-calling image of the opponent as a troublesome pest.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marine Corps (imprint MCPB), cartoonist Geo. R. White
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Themes
- War and the military, Race and ethnicity
- 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. Marine Corps. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-948 (NAID 514454).
Text on the object
HEAVE HO! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO THROW YOU OUTA HERE? U.S. MARINES SOLOMONS [cursing symbols drawn beside the enemy figure, no words] [handwritten: Yours for Victory Geo R White] [signature: Geo. R. White] [imprint: MCPB 107139 10-9-42 9M.]
