Honorable Discharge. Oh Boy! That's Sure Worth Working For
A grinning soldier in a campaign hat holds up a sheet marked 'Honorable Discharge' beneath the slogan 'Oh Boy! That's sure worth working for'. The poster uses a cheerful, slangy everyday soldier and a concrete reward to present diligence in service as its own payoff.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Not printed on the sheet (U.S. wartime poster; artist Gordon Grant)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Not printed on the sheet (U.S. wartime poster; artist Gordon Grant). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-271.
Text on the object
HONORABLE DISCHARGE OH BOY! That's sure worth working for G.G.
'G.G.' at lower right is the artist's monogram.
