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title: MacArthur is giving his all ... are you?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/macarthur-is-giving-his-all-are-you-american-legion-magazine/
description: Painting of General Douglas MacArthur standing in a jungle with binoculars, machine-gun crews crouched at his feet, on a red field with four stars.
section: Collection
---

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[![MacArthur is giving his all... are you?, 1941 US poster: Painting of General Douglas MacArthur standing in a jungle](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/macarthur-is-giving-his-all-are-you-american-legion-magazine.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/macarthur-is-giving-his-all-are-you-american-legion-magazine.jpg)

# MacArthur is giving his all ... are you?

Painting of General Douglas MacArthur standing in a jungle with binoculars, machine-gun crews crouched at his feet, on a red field with four stars. The slogan asks the viewer to match one named commander's effort, borrowing his standing for the appeal (transfer). Its question is: "MacArthur is giving his all ... are you?"

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MacArthur IS GIVING
HIS ALL . . . are you ?
SPONSORED BY AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE . . . POSTER DESIGN BY NEWELL-EMMETT COMPANY . . . PAINTING BY JES SCHLAIKJER, A. N. A.
```

[← Lucky for me, the stuff you made got there in time](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lucky-for-me-stuff-you-made-1941/) [Männer und Frauen der Untersteiermark! (leaflet for enrolment in the Styrian Homeland League) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/maenner-und-frauen-der-untersteiermark-1941/)

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