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title: No guesswork. The right lubrication guide for your equipment
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/no-guesswork-the-right-lubrication-guide-1943/
description: 'Army equipment-care poster: a grinning cartoon soldier holds up War Department Ordnance lubrication guides, with arrows from a guide for a quarter-ton'
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# No guesswork. The right lubrication guide for your equipment

Army equipment-care poster: a grinning cartoon soldier holds up War Department Ordnance lubrication guides, with arrows from a guide for a quarter-ton truck to a black circle reading 'No guesswork: the right lubricant, the right place, the right time'. A puzzled soldier at an engine appears below. The technique is faint; the friendly cartoon soldier is a plain-folks device for a practical instruction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
[reproduced guide:] WAR DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE / LUBRICATION GUIDE / DEPARTMENT / No. 501 / TRUCK, 1/4 TON, 4x4 (FORD-WILLYS) / [guide table and notes, fine print illegible]
No
GUESSWORK
the RIGHT Lubricant
the RIGHT Place
the RIGHT Time
The Right
LUBRICATION GUIDE
for Your Equipment
War Department LUBRICATION GUIDES are
issued for ENGINEERS and ORDNANCE
equipment, and MUST accompany that
equipment at all times.
If the applicable lubrication guide is not with your
equipment, requisition one immediately, showing War
Department Lubrication Guide number or, if not known,
give correct nomenclature, model, and serial number.
Write THROUGH CHANNELS FOR
ORDNANCE to | COMMANDING OFFICER, FORT WAYNE ORDNANCE DEPOT, DETROIT, MICH.
ENGINEERS to | SPARE PARTS BRANCH, ENGINEER SUPPLY SECTION, COLUMBUS ARMY SERVICE FORCES DEPOT, COLUMBUS, OHIO
[logo:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
[on cans:] GO / OE / OG
[imprint:] ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT No. 9-0-1
[imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 — O — 553976
```

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