Content note: The printed slogan uses the ethnic slur 'Japs' for the enemy. This object is shown as it was published. Why
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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy (War Bond appeal quoting Admiral W. F. Halsey, Jr.); artist White
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance, Race and ethnicity
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1389 (NAID 515048).
Text on the object
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]]
