Of the troops and for the troops: The Corps of Military Police, United States Army
Army Military Police poster: a giant MP in helmet and armband raises one hand to halt traffic while holding a whistle, standing in smoke and fire above a column of guns and trucks. The tell is glittering generalities: the slogan 'Of the troops and for the troops' and the outsized figure carry the appeal, with no specific duty or ask stated.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department, Bureau of Public Relations (artist Schlaikjer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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. War Department, Bureau of Public Relations. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1436 (NAID 515099).
Text on the object
Of the troops and for the troops [imprint: © WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS] [signature: Schlaikjer 1942] THE CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE UNITED STATES ARMY [imprint: small printer's line at lower right, illegible]
