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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (Official Poster, ISD No. 206), artist Adolph Treidler
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, 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. Army (Official Poster, ISD No. 206), artist Adolph Treidler. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1202 (NAID 514808).
Text on the object
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]
