Keep Your Eyes Open
A cartoon sentry lies against a pole, telephoning 'No, sir, everything is very quiet!' while German-uniformed soldiers crowd behind the bushes and a plane lands behind him. Headed 'Keep Your Eyes Open'. The fear-appeal is the unseen enemy; the sentry is the mocked bungler.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Headquarters Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Eastern Defense Command
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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, Headquarters Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Eastern Defense Command. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-479H (NAID 513956).
Text on the object
NO, SIR, EVERYTHING IS VERY QUIET! [signature:] John Cullen Murphy KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN REMEMBER YOU'RE ONE OF America's Alertmen! [imprint:] 6-13-42 THIS IS NO.10 IN A SERIES OF POSTERS ON THE WRONG-DOINGS OF "BENNY THE BUNGLER". DON'T BE LIKE HIM! [imprint:] PRODUCED BY HEADQUARTERS ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY COMMAND EASTERN DEFENSE COMMAND SANDERFORD JARMAN MAJOR GENERAL, U.S. ARMY COMMANDING
