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title: Man your stations! Stick to your job - oil is ammunition
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/man-your-stations-oil-is-ammunition-1941/
description: Portrait of a naval officer in a white-topped cap under a red banner reading MAN YOUR STATIONS, with a quoted fuel requirement over the printed signature
section: Collection
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# Man your stations! Stick to your job - oil is ammunition

Portrait of a naval officer in a white-topped cap under a red banner reading MAN YOUR STATIONS, with a quoted fuel requirement over the printed signature of E. J. King. The tell is testimonial: the Navy's top admiral is quoted to tell oil-industry workers that staying at their jobs is part of the fight, so naval authority is lent to a civilian work request.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
MAN YOUR STATIONS!
"The Navy must
have 16 million
gallons of fuel a
day to carry the
fight to the enemy"
[signature: E. J. King]
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE U. S. FLEET
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
[signature: RONALD McLEOD]
Stick to your job -
OIL IS AMMUNITION
LITHO. IN U. S. A.
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY WAR COUNCIL
```

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