Make this come true! Buy bonds the G.I. way!
Cartoon-style sheet of a smiling soldier in an overseas cap, a red-haired woman and a waving baby in a family group on a green ground, with 'Make this come true!' above 'Buy bonds the G.I. way!'. The technique is a warm family picture standing for the post-war life that bond buying is said to bring (glittering generalities), drawn as ordinary people (plain folks).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (United States Army War Bond Poster), artist Rawls
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military, Home front
- 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 (United States Army War Bond Poster), artist Rawls. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1321 (NAID 514959).
Text on the object
MAKE THIS COME TRUE! BUY BONDS the G.I. way! [signature:] RAWLS UNITED STATES ARMY WAR BOND POSTER [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945—O—629769
