Lubbers don't live! Oh mourn loud for these two lads
Navy training-aid cartoon sheet under a 'Lubbers Don't Live!' banner. Two sailors stroll on deck like kings, then sit in front of a turret as a signal reads 'Turret 6 commence firing'. One says they should have remembered the cotton. The tell is fear-appeal told as a rhyme.
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, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Aids. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1309C (NAID 514925).
Text on the object
OH MOURN ALOUD FOR THESE TWO LADS WHO STROLLED TOPSIDE LIKE KINGS LUBBERS DON'T LIVE! TURRET 6 COMMENCE FIRING "-- HOPE YOU REMEMBERED THE COTTON..." THEY CAME TO SEE THE TURRETS FIRE...(NOW BOTH HAVE EARNED THEIR WINGS) [imprint:] U. S. NAVY, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING AIDS ... NAV. PERS. 900,008 A-4 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-561903
