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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (artist: Hotchkiss, USNR)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- 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. Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1392 (NAID 515056).
Text on the object
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
