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title: Nice going men... Looks like a perfect score today!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nice-going-men-perfect-score-navy-vp-15-1944/
description: Navy comic-strip poster in five tiers. An officer praises a gun crew, sailors on shore leave steer a shipmate toward a girl.
section: Collection
---

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# Nice going men... Looks like a perfect score today!

Navy comic-strip poster in five tiers. An officer praises a gun crew, sailors on shore leave steer a shipmate toward a girl, a week later the gun crew is in action against aircraft, and one sailor, sick in his bunk, is blamed for letting the crew down. The fear-appeal rests on the combat cost of untreated venereal disease, and the closing line tells the reader to see the medical officer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
NICE GOING MEN ...
LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT
SCORE TODAY !
UMM! UMM!
SERVIC[E]
CENT[ER] [sign cut off by panel edge]
A WEEK
LATER—
IN ACTION !
WE WERE LUCKY TO
GET THROUGH THAT !
SPIKE !
WHAT'S WRONG?
IT WAS THOSE
XC?!$!!XO PILLS
YOU BOUGHT!
ALMOST CURTAINS
FOR US ... YOU
SURE LET
US DOWN
CHUM!
IF YOU GOTTA GET VD—DON'T
TREAT YOURSELF—SEE THE MEDICAL
OFFICER—BUT QUICK !
[signature:] BODE
VP-15—Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U. S. Navy
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—674938
Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Naval Medical
School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
```

[← Next! (Japan) 6th War Loan, WFD 958-B](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/next-japan-6th-war-loan-treasury-wfd-958-b-1944/) [Night Shift →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/night-shift-public-health-service-1944/)

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