---
title: Navy Men Who Buy War Bonds Help Break the Japs (Admiral Halsey)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1943/
description: A charcoal-style portrait of Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. in a garrison cap sits above the line 'Navy men who buy War Bonds help break the Japs today…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Ethnic slur ('Japs') in the text. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Navy Men Who Buy War Bonds Help Break the Japs (Admiral Halsey)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1943.jpg)

# Navy Men Who Buy War Bonds Help Break the Japs (Admiral Halsey)

A charcoal-style portrait of Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. in a garrison cap sits above the line 'Navy men who buy War Bonds help break the Japs today without being broke tomorrow,' signed with his rank and name. The admiral's name vouches for the bond purchase and the enemy is named only by the slur; no figure of an enemy is drawn.

## Text on the object

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

```
Navy men who buy War Bonds help
break the Japs today without being
broke tomorrow.

Admiral W. F. Halsey, Jr.

(Artist's signature on the portrait: White)
(Lower left, tiny printer's imprint: [illegible])
```

Capitalisation follows the printed lines.

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