Content note: Grave crosses overlaid on a soldier's figure. This object is shown as it was published. Why
It's my life if the training program fails
Training poster: a helmeted soldier with a fixed-bayonet rifle stands in front of a field of grave crosses that show through his uniform, under the words 'It's my life if the training program fails'. The graves imply death for the soldier if training is poor, a fear-appeal aimed at those who run training.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unnamed issuer (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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 (issuer not printed). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1128 (NAID 514655).
Text on the object
It's my LIFE... if the TRAINING PROGRAM fails [imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—578050
