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title: No one had to tell HIM to save food and equipment (Valley Forge 1778)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/no-one-had-to-tell-him-valley-forge-1944/
description: 'Army conservation poster: a ragged Continental soldier at Valley Forge in 1778 sits on a log in a snowstorm and toasts meat over a small fire.'
section: Collection
---

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# No one had to tell HIM to save food and equipment (Valley Forge 1778)

Army conservation poster: a ragged Continental soldier at Valley Forge in 1778 sits on a log in a snowstorm and toasts meat over a small fire, with cannon and a flag behind him. The headline says no one had to tell him to save food and equipment, transferring the prestige of the Revolutionary soldier to wartime thrift.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
VALLEY FORGE
1778
No one had to
tell HIM
to save food
& equipment
[imprint:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
ARMY CONSERVATION POSTER NO. 47-P-8
[signature:] [illegible] '44
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944 -- O -- 569790
```

[← No matter how you look at it... Victory comes high!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/no-matter-how-you-look-at-it-victory-comes-high-1944/) [Now, what was I supposed to remember? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/now-what-was-i-supposed-to-remember-navy-1944/)

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