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title: Kinda give it your personal attention, will you?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kinda-give-it-your-personal-attention-wpb-1942/
description: 'Production poster in green and black: a helmeted infantryman with a rifle, mopping his brow, with spent cartridge cases at his elbow.'
section: Collection
---

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# Kinda give it your personal attention, will you?

Production poster in green and black: a helmeted infantryman with a rifle, mopping his brow, with spent cartridge cases at his elbow, speaks the casual line 'Kinda give it your personal attention, will you?' above the words 'More Production'. The soldier voices the request, a testimonial, in colloquial speech.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Kinda give it your
personal attention, will you?
MORE PRODUCTION
[signature: illegible, possibly "Zoese"]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, number illegible]
[imprint: WAR PRODUCTION BOARD—A5]
```

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