![Be ready to jump into their shoes!! [Victory Corps], 1943 US cartoon: A Black girl and boy in 'Victory Corps' shirts salute](../images/owi-alston-be-ready-to-jump-into-their-shoes-1943.jpg)
Be ready to jump into their shoes!! [Victory Corps]
A Black girl and boy in 'Victory Corps' shirts salute in front of a large V, standing in oversized army boots, with a column of marching soldiers on the left and a factory and harbor on the right. The tell is identity-fusion with a weak fit: the boots invite students to see themselves as the next soldiers and workers, and the call to form a Victory Corps unit is attached to that image.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Charles Alston)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- 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 (NARA), RG 208, Cartoons Promoting the War Effort (NAID 535594), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-4 (NAID 535598).
Text on the object
Form One In Your High School~NOW! VICTORY CORPS VICTORY CORPS BE READY TO JUMP INTO THEIR SHOES!! Alston
