---
title: '''Our Men Out There'' Need Your Help'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/our-men-out-there-need-your-help-1942/
description: A sailor in undershirt and white cap carries a large shell across the foreground, with gun barrels flashing behind him in the dark.
section: Collection
---

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[!['Our Men Out There' Need Your Help, 1942 US poster: A sailor in undershirt and white cap carries a large shell across](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-men-out-there-need-your-help-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-men-out-there-need-your-help-1942.jpg)

# 'Our Men Out There' Need Your Help

A sailor in undershirt and white cap carries a large shell across the foreground, with gun barrels flashing behind him in the dark. A white card reads 'Our men out there need your help' and the base bar reads 'Enlist in the United States Navy'. The ordinary working sailor and the gunfire scene are the appeal; the technique is only moderately strong here.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
'Our Men
Out there
NEED YOUR
HELP
Enlist in THE UNITED STATES NAVY
[signature: FRANK SANFILIPPO U.S.N.R]
[imprint: NRB-31778-2-3-42-10M]
[#438]
```

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