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title: Make His Nightmare Come True!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-his-nightmare-come-true-kirby-army-1943/
description: A caricatured Japanese leader, his trouser leg lettered TOJO, lies sleeping and grimacing while a tank, an aircraft and a falling shell approach in a…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Caricature of the Japanese leader labelled TOJO, asleep under a shell, tank and aircraft. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Make His Nightmare Come True!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-his-nightmare-come-true-kirby-army-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-his-nightmare-come-true-kirby-army-1943.jpg)

# Make His Nightmare Come True!

A caricatured Japanese leader, his trouser leg lettered TOJO, lies sleeping and grimacing while a tank, an aircraft and a falling shell approach in a dream bubble that holds a miner saying 'Now we're gonna mine and smelt still more metal for tanks an' ships an' guns'. The enemy is drawn with exaggerated teeth, glasses and moustache.

## Text on the object

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

```
Make his Nightmare come true!

NOW WE'RE GONNA MINE AND SMELT STILL MORE METAL FOR TANKS AN' SHIPS AN' GUNS

TOJO

U.S. ARMY

ROLLIN KIRBY
```

Imprint at foot reads 'U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943 O-' followed by a number (not reliably legible).

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