How to Make Your Feet Feel Good
Army foot-care sheet: a grinning, bare-chested soldier sits on a bench drying his foot beside his boots and a can of G.I. foot powder, above three numbered rules and a small figure showering. The technique is faint: a relaxed, cheerful fellow-soldier models the habit.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Office of the Quartermaster General (Army Conservation Program)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- 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, Office of the Quartermaster General (Army Conservation Program). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1021 (NAID 514547).
Text on the object
HOW TO MAKE YOUR FEET FEEL GOOD! [on can:] G.I. FOOT POWDER 1 PROTECT YOUR FEET. TURN IN SHOES FOR REPAIR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A BREAK. 2 BATHE, PUT ON CLEAN SOX AND CHANGE SHOES EVERY DAY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. 3 USE THAT GOOD G. I. FOOT POWDER OFTEN! [logo:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT No. 60-Q-25 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 O - 575282 OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
