Content note: Ethnic slur in the headline; Uncle Sam with a wrench. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Jap... You're Next! We'll Finish the Job! (U.S. Army, James Montgomery Flagg)
An elderly, white-haired Uncle Sam in a star-spangled vest and striped trousers rolls up his sleeve and holds a large wrench, under the headline 'Jap... You're next!' and the line 'We'll finish the Job!'. The national personification is borrowed to give the worker's task the standing of the country itself, and the slur names the target.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (ISD No. 198); artist signed James Montgomery Flagg
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingTransfer
- 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 (NARA 513563, local id 44-PA-115), Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44, series 'World War II Posters', retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. Government work; NARA use restriction 'Unrestricted')
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Text on the object
JAP... You're Next! We'll Finish the Job! U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER I.S.D. No. 198 PC-X-9-RPB-9-6-44-40M [signature] James Montgomery Flagg
Signature reads 'James Montgomery Flagg' at lower right of the figure.
