Keep Your Head! Even Benny's Head Isn't Harder Than a Shell Fragment
Cartoon of two hospital staff beside a bandaged patient, one saying 'Him? Just another one of those guys who won't wear a helmet!', under 'Keep Your Head!'. The injury shown is the fear-appeal for helmet wear; the 'Benny' label mocks the careless soldier.
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, Health
- 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-479G (NAID 513955).
Text on the object
Keep Your Head! HIM? JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO WON'T WEAR A HELMET! EVEN BENNY'S HEAD ISN'T HARDER THAN A SHELL FRAGMENT BE A CREDIT TO America's Alertmen! [bed chart:] BENNY THE BUNGLER [signature:] John Cullen Murphy [imprint:] 5-21-42 THIS IS NO.9 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
