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
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.
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (seal printed on poster), printed by the Government Printing Office; drawn by Rollin Kirby
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- UNT Digital Library, University of North Texas Libraries (World War II Posters collection), ark:/67531/metadc256, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. federal work; federal imprint on poster)
UNT Libraries, UNT Digital Library, World War II Posters (metadc256). Rights basis: federal imprint/credit: 'U.S. Army' seal and 'U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943'.
Text on the object
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).
