Content note: Printed text uses the wartime term 'Jap' for Japanese aircraft. This object is shown as it was published. Why
He's doing his part. What about you? Don't talk Army
Security poster: a photographic portrait of Lt. Col. 'Buzz' Wagner in uniform before a yellow wing, with the Air Forces insignia and a Distinguished Service Cross. The text sets his action against 'idle gossip' and ends 'Don't talk Army'. The tell is a named decorated airman used as the example for a request to keep quiet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Air Forces, Selfridge Field, Michigan (S-2 section)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- 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. Army Air Forces, Selfridge Field, Michigan. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-984 (NAID 514491).
Text on the object
HE'S DOING HIS PART What about YOU? LT. COL. "BUZZ" WAGNER For shooting down five Jap planes, he recently received the Distinguished Service Cross and promotion in rank. You may have on your shoulder the same insignia Col. Wagner wears. Help to maintain its tra- ditions. COL. WAGNER'S ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS ACTION . . . NOT IDLE GOSSIP DON'T TALK ARMY [imprint:] Designed - Produced S-2 SELFRIDGE FIELD MICH
