Content note: Photographs of burning ships and combat at sea. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Our Navy Strikes Back!
Photo-montage poster: six U.S. Navy photographs of burning Japanese ships and carrier crews under the headline 'Our Navy Strikes Back!', with a red disc quoting Franklin D. Roosevelt and a base line 'Save Scrap to Sink the Axis'. Only successful engagements are shown, and the quote and photographs are tied to the scrap-collection request.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy photographs compiled by Photo News Display Corp.
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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. Navy; Photo News Display Corp.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1485 (NAID 515150).
Text on the object
MARSHALL ISLANDS: A JAPANESE BOMBER HAS JUST TRIED A SUICIDE DIVE ON THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER. TENSE FACES WATCH IT PLUNGE INTO THE SEA AFTER SHEARING TAIL FROM PLANE IN BACKGROUND. KISKA, ALASKA: A DIRECT HIT BY A U.S. PLANE SINKS A JAPANESE TRANSPORT IN THE HARBOR OF KISKA. OUR NAVY STRIKES BACK! MIDWAY: JAPANESE HEAVY CRUISER BOMBED BY U.S. CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT. "WHERE IS THE U.S. NAVY?" "IT IS CARRYING OUT THE COMMAND TO HIT OUR ENEMY AND HIT HIM AGAIN WHERE- EVER AND WHENEVER WE FIND HIM." Franklin D. Roosevelt CORAL SEA: U.S. NAVY PLANES SET JAPANESE CARRIER AFIRE. WING OF DEPARTING U.S. PLANE SHOWN AT RIGHT. SOLOMON ISLANDS: TANAMBOGO ISLAND AFTER OUR NAVAL AIR FORCES LEFT THEIR CALLING CARDS. U.S. ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW FIGHT OFF A JAPANESE SUICIDE PLUNGE ON THEIR AIRCRAFT CARRIER. [imprint: OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOS] SAVE SCRAP TO SINK THE AXIS [imprint: COMPILED AND EDITED FROM OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS] [imprint: PHOTO NEWS DISPLAY CORP., 15 EAST 40th STREET, N. Y. C.]
