In memoriam: buy an extra war bond on Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7th
Memorial poster: a photograph of sailors in white laying wreaths and flags on grave markers below a mountain, inside a large pink flower lei, with a dedication to those lost on 7 December 1941. The technique is transfer: mourning is tied to the request to buy an extra war bond.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government war bond campaign (issuer not named on the sheet)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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. government war bond campaign. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1092 (NAID 514619).
Text on the object
In Memoriam To those who so gallantly gave their lives on that fateful morning of 7 December 1941............ BUY AN EXTRA WAR BOND on PEARL HARBOR DAY DEC. 7th. [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-606655]
