Content note: Cartoon of a burned, bandaged sailor in a doctor's office. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Lubbers don't live! All heave a sigh for Gunner Knight
Navy training-aid cartoon sheet under a 'Lubbers Don't Live!' banner. A gunner in a flash hood and gloves is followed by the same gunner taking his flash-proof clothes off, a gun blast labelled FLASH, and a figure wrapped in bandages being examined by a doctor. The tell is fear-appeal told as a rhyme about burns.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Aids
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- 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. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Aids. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1309B (NAID 514924).
Text on the object
ALL HEAVE A SIGH FOR GUNNER KNIGHT SHED FLASH-PROOF CLOTHES BEFORE THE FIGHT LUBBERS DON'T LIVE! FLASH "I WONT NEED THAT," THEY HEARD HIM BOAST HE'S CRISPER NOW THAN WHOLE-WHEAT TOAST E FRXLP [imprint:] U. S. NAVY, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING AIDS ... NAV. PERS. 900,008 A-3 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-561903
