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title: He's Doing His Bit!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-doing-his-bit-production-soldier-1941/
description: Cartoon poster of a whistling draftee in hat and jacket striding past a 'To Training Camp' sign carrying a case marked 'DRAFTEE'.
section: Collection
---

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[![He's Doing His Bit!, 1941 US poster: Cartoon poster of a whistling draftee in hat and jacket striding past a 'To Training](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-doing-his-bit-production-soldier-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-doing-his-bit-production-soldier-1941.jpg)

# He's Doing His Bit!

Cartoon poster of a whistling draftee in hat and jacket striding past a 'To Training Camp' sign carrying a case marked 'DRAFTEE', with text urging war-plant workers to see themselves as 'production soldiers' backing the camps. Army status is lent to civilian work; the everyman figure is plain-folks.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HE'S DOING HIS BIT!
♪ YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW ♪
TO TRAINING CAMP
DRAFTEE
[signature: Hungerford]
You're in the army now . . . Maybe not the draft army, but you are outfitting it. The surest way to make those tough babies on the other side BACK-DOWN is to BACK-UP those kids in camp . . . Back 'em to the limit . . . and fast! ★★★
You are a PRODUCTION SOLDIER . . .
America's First Line of Defense is HERE
[imprint: Copyright 1941, Cyrus C. Hungerford, Pittsburgh, Pa.]
```

[← Here's Why Uncle Sam Needs Your Scrap Metal Now!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heres-why-uncle-sam-needs-your-scrap-metal-now-1941/) [He's preparing for the bigger tasks ahead: post-war progress depends on the man with the know-how →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-preparing-bigger-tasks-ahead-1941/)

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