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title: '"He''ll give thanks every day if you back him up 100%!" [Incentive to buy war bonds] (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-hell-give-thanks-every-day-war-bonds-1943/
description: 'Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Three Black civilians, one with a pitchfork, one in work clothes, one with a wrench.'
section: Collection
---

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[!["He'll give thanks every day if you back him up 100%!" \[Incentive to buy war bonds\], 1943 US cartoon: Undated](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-hell-give-thanks-every-day-war-bonds-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-hell-give-thanks-every-day-war-bonds-1943.jpg)

# "He'll give thanks every day if you back him up 100%!" [Incentive to buy war bonds] (undated, c. 1942-1945, OWI)

Undated: NARA gives no date; c. 1942-1945 from the OWI series. Three Black civilians, one with a pitchfork, one in work clothes, one with a wrench, hold up a sheet marked 'War Bonds' toward a Black soldier who waves from a hill with a rifle and explosion behind him. The tell is identity-fusion with a weak fit: civilians and soldier are drawn as one community, and bond buying is framed as personal support for the man at the front.

## 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

```
WAR BONDS
"HE'LL GIVE THANKS EVERY DAY IF YOU BACK HIM UP 100%!"
Alston OWI
```

[← "He can't quit his job, stick to yours!!"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-he-cant-quit-his-job-1943/) [Help me win my victory!! Join the March of Dimes! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-help-me-win-my-victory-march-of-dimes-1943/)

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