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title: Army Relief Fund
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-army-relief-fund-1943/
description: Two boxers in trunks marked 'USA', one white and one Black, touch gloves before a bright circle containing the words 'Army Relief Fund'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Army Relief Fund, 1943 US cartoon: Two boxers in trunks marked 'USA', one white and one Black, touch gloves before a bright](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-army-relief-fund-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-army-relief-fund-1943.jpg)

# Army Relief Fund

Two boxers in trunks marked 'USA', one white and one Black, touch gloves before a bright circle containing the words 'Army Relief Fund'. The image is an appeal for a charity fund. The technique is a weak fit for identity-fusion: the shared national marking on both men presents a common American identity behind the appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ARMY RELIEF FUND

[on both pairs of trunks] USA
[signature] Alston
```

[← Archie Alexander - Builder of Bridges](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-archie-alexander-builder-of-bridges-1943/) [Be ready to jump into their shoes!! \[Victory Corps\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-be-ready-to-jump-into-their-shoes-1943/)

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