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title: Navy chow is the best! Take all you can eat, eat all you take! Don't be finicky!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/navy-chow-is-the-best-1944/
description: Cartoon of a sailor sitting on a stool, tears running down his face, while two sailors carry trays of food past him.
section: Collection
---

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[![Navy chow is the best! Take all you can eat, eat all you take! Don't be finicky!, 1944 US poster: Cartoon of a sailor sitting](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-chow-is-the-best-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-chow-is-the-best-1944.jpg)

# Navy chow is the best! Take all you can eat, eat all you take! Don't be finicky!

Cartoon of a sailor sitting on a stool, tears running down his face, while two sailors carry trays of food past him; a speech bracket says he had set his heart on pâté de foie gras. The message asks sailors to take only what they will eat. The technique is faint: ordinary enlisted men and slang in a comic scene, closest to plain-folks.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HE HAD HIS HEART
SET ON PÂTÉ DE
FOIE GRAS!
NAVY CHOW IS THE BEST!
TAKE ALL YOU CAN EAT
EAT ALL YOU TAKE!
DON’T BE FINICKY!
[signature:] HOTCHKISS USNR
[imprint:] BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS : NAVY
[imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—595665
```

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