Lubbers don't live! Oh shed a tear for Seaman Steve
Navy training-aid cartoon sheet under a 'Lubbers Don't Live!' banner. A sailor sits on a park bench between two women, then stands with a group of sailors at muster beside a petty officer holding a list. The tell is a mild fear-appeal: the penalty shown is punishment for overstaying leave, not death.
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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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-1309E (NAID 514927).
Text on the object
OH SHED A TEAR FOR SEAMAN STEVE- IN NEW YORK HE WAS OVERLEAVE LUBBERS DON'T LIVE! NOW JUST BECAUSE OF BROOKLYN BELLES- HE MUSTERS WITH THE P.A.L.!S [imprint:] U. S. NAVY, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING AIDS ... NAV. PERS. 900,008 A-6 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-561903
