Help win the war prevent fires
Coast Guard fire-prevention sheet, vertical, in white and black lettering on solid red: 'Help win the war' slanted above a black brush stroke, then 'prevent' and a large 'FIRES'. There is no picture. The slogan ties an everyday safety duty to the war effort (transfer); the technique is thin, as the sheet is only type.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Coast Guard
- 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
- Home front, War and the military
- 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. Coast Guard. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-963 (NAID 514469).
Text on the object
HELP WIN THE WAR prevent FIRES [imprint: U. S. COAST GUARD]
