Lubbers Don't Live! Short story: Open door, Nazi score, waters roar, swim for shore
Navy training sheet in four wordless-style panels with short captions: a sailor with a wrench walks off leaving a watertight door open, a ship is hit by a Nazi submarine's torpedo, water pours through the door, and a sailor swims toward shore. A blue banner reads Lubbers Don't Live. The fear-appeal is a four-beat cause and effect.
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
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1309L (NAID 514933).
Text on the object
SHORT STORY OPEN DOOR... NAZI SCORE... LUBBERS DON'T LIVE! CRASH GLUB WATERS ROAR... SWIM FOR SHORE... [imprint:] U.S. NAVY, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING AIDS · · · NAV. PERS. 900,008 A-12 [imprint:] ☆U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-561903
