If soldiers did this... What would become of us?
Anti-absenteeism sheet: a soldier in a jungle bivouac yawns and stretches in his blanket, saying he does not feel like fighting today. The headline asks what would become of 'US' if soldiers did the same. The technique is faint: a hypothetical comparison between soldier and worker, with the pun on U.S. and 'us' fusing the viewer with the nation.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- 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)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1056 (NAID 514580).
Text on the object
IF soldiers did this... HO-HUM--- I DON'T FEEL LIKE FIGHTIN' TODAY WHAT WOULD BECOME OF US? [signature:] PACHER PRINTED IN U.S.A. Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
