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title: Keep pitching with both hands brother
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-pitching-with-both-hands-brother-1944/
description: Painting of a wounded soldier in a red robe propped on pillows, both hands wrapped in heavy bandages, looking out at the viewer.
section: Collection
---

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# Keep pitching with both hands brother

Painting of a wounded soldier in a red robe propped on pillows, both hands wrapped in heavy bandages, looking out at the viewer, with the text 'Keep Pitching with BOTH HANDS Brother'. The injured man stands for the cost of war; the line sets the viewer's working hands against his and asks for output, an emotional appeal built on injury.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
Keep Pitching with
BOTH HANDS
Brother
[signature: Adolph Treidler]
[imprint: ISD No. 206]
[imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office 1944 - O-610097]
```

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