Homecoming - To No Home? Help a Veteran and His Family Find a Place to Live!

A uniformed soldier sits slumped on a park bench between two kit bags under the headline 'Homecoming - to no home?', with four calls to rent, build, remodel or sell to a veteran and a round seal reading 'Vacancies for Veterans First ... in '46'. The tell is a sympathy and fear-appeal image of a homeless serviceman, tied by the seal to patriotic duty (transfer).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appealTransfer

Date

1946

Period

Cold War

Made by

Veterans' Housing Program (printed by U.S. Government Printing Office)

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Truman Administration

Leader

Harry S. Truman

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Mobilize or secure compliance

Themes

Home front, War and the military

Event

World War II

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. Government Printing Office, 1946. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-999 (NAID 514525).

HOMECOMING -
TO NO HOME ?
HELP A VETERAN AND HIS FAMILY FIND A PLACE TO LIVE !
1 RENT TO A VETERAN
2 BUILD FOR A VETERAN
3 REMODEL FOR A VETERAN
4 SELL TO A VETERAN
[seal:] VACANCIES FOR VETERANS FIRST ...IN '46
List All Vacancies with your
VETERANS' HOUSING CENTER
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1946-O-688028