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title: Invest in invasion. Buy war bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/invest-in-invasion-buy-war-bonds-1944/
description: Painted poster of a helmeted paratrooper with a submachine gun at an open aircraft door, parachutes and aircraft in a dark sky behind.
section: Collection
---

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[![Invest in invasion. Buy war bonds, 1944 US poster: Painted poster of a helmeted paratrooper with a submachine gun at an open](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/invest-in-invasion-buy-war-bonds-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/invest-in-invasion-buy-war-bonds-1944.jpg)

# Invest in invasion. Buy war bonds

Painted poster of a helmeted paratrooper with a submachine gun at an open aircraft door, parachutes and aircraft in a dark sky behind, under the words 'Invest in Invasion' and 'Buy War Bonds'. A combat scene is tied directly to the purchase request (transfer), with the danger shown as the soldier's and the money as the viewer's part.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Invest in Invasion
BUY WAR BONDS
[signature:] [illegible] 44
[imprint:] PUBLISHED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURY'S SCHOOLS-AT-WAR PROGRAM
```

[← I'm Proud... my husband wants me to do my part](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/im-proud-my-husband-wants-me-to-do-my-part-wmc-1944/) [Jap... You're Next! We'll Finish the Job! (U.S. Army, James Montgomery Flagg) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jap-youre-next-flagg-army-1944/)

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