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title: He's extra alert when it's raining. Are you?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-extra-alert-when-raining-1943/
description: 'Traffic-safety sheet in the ''Victory Heroes'' series. Top panel: a helmeted soldier in a poncho drives a rain-lashed military truck past a convoy.'
section: Collection
---

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[![He's extra alert when it's raining. Are you?, 1943 US poster: Traffic-safety sheet in the 'Victory Heroes' series](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-extra-alert-when-raining-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-extra-alert-when-raining-1943.jpg)

# He's extra alert when it's raining. Are you?

Traffic-safety sheet in the 'Victory Heroes' series. Top panel: a helmeted soldier in a poncho drives a rain-lashed military truck past a convoy. Bottom panel: two children with umbrellas stand at a kerb beside a passing car. The headline asks the viewer to match the soldier's caution; the tell is the pairing of a military figure with an ordinary road scene.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
HE'S EXTRA
ALERT
WHEN IT'S RAINING...
ARE
YOU?
[on truck:] U.S.A. W 89043
[imprint:] S. S. P. No. 149
Copyright 1943
American Automobile Association
Traffic Engineering & Safety Dept.
"VICTORY HEROES" SERIES
Accidents Are Avoidable
Alertness Avoids Accidents
```

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