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title: Navy men who buy War Bonds help break the Japs today without being broke tomorrow
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1944/
description: 'Navy war-bond sheet: a red-and-grey crayon-style portrait of an admiral in a garrison cap, with the line ''Navy men who buy War Bonds help break the Japs'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** The printed slogan uses the ethnic slur 'Japs' for the enemy. 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 today without being broke tomorrow, 1944 US poster: Navy war-bond sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/navy-men-war-bonds-halsey-1944.jpg)

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

Navy war-bond sheet: a red-and-grey crayon-style portrait of an admiral in a garrison cap, with the line 'Navy men who buy War Bonds help break the Japs today without being broke tomorrow', signed Admiral W. F. Halsey, Jr. The named officer vouches (testimonial) and the sheet uses the slur 'Japs' for the enemy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## 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.
[signature: White]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-[digits faint, illegible]]
```

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