Keep her in the dark about military secrets
White-line drawing on black: a uniformed man seen from behind, a '6' patch on his sleeve, dances with a woman in an evening dress who looks back at him, under the headline 'Keep her in the dark about military secrets'. The technique is faint: the dance-floor setting implies the risk of talking to a companion.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Stephen Searles (signed); sheet marked G-2 VI AC No 12
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- 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. Army (as marked G-2 VI AC). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1187 (NAID 514785).
Text on the object
Keep her in the dark about military secrets [signature:] Stephen Searles [imprint:] G-2 VI AC NO 12
