Content note: Contains a caricature of a Japanese man with exaggerated teeth and glasses, shown as printed in 1943. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Keep It on Him - Register a Navy War Bond Allotment
A giant hand in a star-spangled cuff presses a fingertip down on the head of a tiny caricatured Japanese man with glasses and large teeth, standing on a rock in the sea, beside the text 'Register a Navy War Bond Allotment'. The enemy is shown as a small grotesque figure (name-calling by caricature) and the bond purchase is cast as the pressure on him.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy; art by Ned White, USNR
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, 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. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-198 (NAID 513643).
Text on the object
KEEP IT ON HIM Register a Navy War Bond Allotment [signature: Ned White, U.S.N.R. '43] [imprint: 94701]
