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title: 'Jim says: Thanks, Gang, for the swell job you''re doin'''
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jim-says-thanks-gang-1942/
description: 'Production-line morale poster: a smiling woman in a headscarf holds a V-Mail letter at a machine. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Jim says: Thanks, Gang, for the swell job you're doin', 1942 US poster: Production-line morale poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/jim-says-thanks-gang-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/jim-says-thanks-gang-1942.jpg)

# Jim says: Thanks, Gang, for the swell job you're doin'

Production-line morale poster: a smiling woman in a headscarf holds a V-Mail letter at a machine. The letter, signed 'Jim' from a soldier at the front, praises the factory workers, and the postscript reads 'The more you produce the better we fight'. The technique is testimonial from a serviceman, tying output to the fighting.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Jim says—
'THANKS, GANG,
FOR THE SWELL
JOB YOU'RE
DOIN' "
[letter:] V-MAIL
Miss Janet Leonard
215 West Ave.
Meriden, Conn.
[illegible] Moore [illegible] A.P.O. [illegible]
Nov 24, 19[illegible]
Dearest Chick—
We're continually moving up
the line so this letter will have to
be brief. Our boys keep punching
holes thru the Axis strongholds
and we're giving 'em [illegible]
because we have the weapons.
By the way, tell all your buddies
on the Production Line that they're
doing a swell job. Every bit of
our battle equipment is absolutely
dependable. Good luck to you Chick,
darling. Keep the letters coming.
Always affectionate
to you Jim
"P.S. THE MORE YOU PRODUCE
THE BETTER WE FIGHT"
[signature:] Packer
[imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A.
[imprint:] Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
```

[← Japanese leaflet in English, "Don't wait to die" (Philippines, 1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japanese-leaflet-dont-wait-to-die-philippines-1942/) [Don't be a dope! Handle equipment right (Joe Dope and the barbed wire) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/joe-dope-barbed-wire-tires-1942/)

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