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title: My V for Victory! Gum for war
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/my-v-for-victory-gum-for-war-1944/
description: 'Forest Service poster for the Timber Production War Project: a worker in a wide-brimmed hat cuts a V-shaped streak into a pine trunk.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Shows a turpentine worker drawn in stylised dark flat colour, printed as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![My V for Victory! Gum for war, 1944 US poster: Forest Service poster for the Timber Production War Project](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/my-v-for-victory-gum-for-war-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/my-v-for-victory-gum-for-war-1944.jpg)

# My V for Victory! Gum for war

Forest Service poster for the Timber Production War Project: a worker in a wide-brimmed hat cuts a V-shaped streak into a pine trunk, a barrel marked 'Gum for War' beside him. A large red V, the victory sign, is printed over the tree, so the tell is transfer: the V symbol is attached to the work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
My V for VICTORY!
GUM
FOR
WAR
TIMBER PRODUCTION WAR PROJECT
FOREST SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[signature: HARRY ROSSOLL]
[imprint: M-5290]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-[digits illegible]]
[handwritten pencil note: Lumber - production]
```

[← My tank's in the war, too, and I'm running it fair and square to protect your share](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/my-tanks-in-the-war-too-gas-station-1944/) [Naval Aircrewman's Creed →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/naval-aircrewmans-creed-1944/)

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