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title: Keep 'em fighting. Production wins wars. Stop accidents
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-fighting-sailor-national-safety-council-1941/
description: A barefoot, shirtless sailor in white trousers carries an oversized artillery shell against a grey-blue ground.
section: Collection
---

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[![Keep 'em fighting. Production wins wars. Stop accidents, 1941 US poster: A barefoot, shirtless sailor in white trousers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-fighting-sailor-national-safety-council-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-fighting-sailor-national-safety-council-1941.jpg)

# Keep 'em fighting. Production wins wars. Stop accidents

A barefoot, shirtless sailor in white trousers carries an oversized artillery shell against a grey-blue ground. The text reads 'keep 'em FIGHTING', 'Production Wins Wars' and 'Stop Accidents'. The technique is faint here: the sailor's strength is attached to a plant-safety slogan, a loose transfer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
keep
'em FIGHTING
Production
Wins Wars
Stop
Accidents
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL INC.
7008-C
```

[← Keep 'em fighting. Production wins wars. Stop accidents!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-fighting-eagle-national-safety-council-1941/) [Keep 'em flying! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-army-recruiting-banner-1941/)

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