Lumber production is falling behind our war needs
Army poster with four photographs (a PT boat, a carpenter, a logger with a saw, a ship on the ways) around a red-bordered shield quoting the Under Secretary of War: lumber is short and soldiers' lives depend on it. The appeal is an official testimonial with a faint fear-appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (quotation of the Under Secretary of War)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, 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. Army (quotation of the Under Secretary of War). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1311 (NAID 514937).
Text on the object
PT 20 "Lumber production is falling behind our war needs. To save American soldiers' lives, we must pro- vide the lumber our armed forces need-now!" [signature: illegible] UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER I.S.D. No. 102 [imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, remainder illegible]
