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title: Lieut. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh - Fighter Pilot, Athlete
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lieut-wilmeth-sidat-singh-fighter-pilot-athlete-alston-1943/
description: A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Lieutenant Wilmeth Sidat-Singh in flying gear with scenes of him receiving his wings.
section: Collection
---

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[![Lieut. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh - Fighter Pilot, Athlete, 1943 US cartoon: A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Lieutenant](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lieut-wilmeth-sidat-singh-fighter-pilot-athlete-alston-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lieut-wilmeth-sidat-singh-fighter-pilot-athlete-alston-1943.jpg)

# Lieut. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh - Fighter Pilot, Athlete

A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Lieutenant Wilmeth Sidat-Singh in flying gear with scenes of him receiving his wings, playing football for Syracuse and his plane's crash into Lake Huron, with short captions. The technique is an exemplary-person profile that closes on a call to continue 'until the final victory is won'; testimonial is a weak fit, as he is not quoted.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LIEUTENANT
WILMETH
SIDAT-SINGH
FIGHTER PILOT ~ ATHLETE
SINGH WAS SERVING ON THE WASHINGTON, D.C. POLICE FORCE WHEN HE HEARD THE CALL OF HIS COUNTRY. HE WON HIS WINGS IN MARCH, 1943.
ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT ALL ROUND ATHLETES EVER TO WEAR THE ORANGE OF SYRACUSE, SINGH WAS HAILED BY FAMED SPORTSWRITER GRANTLAND RICE AS "THE GREATEST FORWARD PASSER OF THE DECADE." - HE EVEN WROTE A POEM ABOUT HIM!
ON MAY 9, LIEUT. SINGH'S PLANE CRASHED INTO LAKE HURON. HIS BODY WAS FOUND JUNE 27 - ALMOST TWO MONTHS LATER........ HE ONLY HAD A CHANCE TO WARM UP FOR HIS BIGGEST GAME - BUT HIS COURAGEOUS SPIRIT WILL FIGHT ON, IN THE HEARTS OF HIS TEAM MATES, - PITCHING BULLETS, INSTEAD OF BULLET PASSES, - UNTIL THE FINAL VICTORY IS WON.
Alston OWI
```

[← Lick the platter clean. Don't waste food.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lick-the-platter-clean-1943/) [Make His Nightmare Come True! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-his-nightmare-come-true-kirby-army-1943/)

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