---
title: '... pass the ammunition: The Army needs more lumber'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pass-the-ammunition-army-needs-more-lumber-1943/
description: Painted poster of a helmeted soldier carrying a crate stencilled FUZES, a gun firing behind him; the line below asks for more lumber.
section: Collection
---

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[![... pass the ammunition: The Army needs more lumber, 1943 US poster: Painted poster of a helmeted soldier carrying a crate](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pass-the-ammunition-army-needs-more-lumber-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pass-the-ammunition-army-needs-more-lumber-1943.jpg)

# ... pass the ammunition: The Army needs more lumber

Painted poster of a helmeted soldier carrying a crate stencilled FUZES, a gun firing behind him; the line below asks for more lumber. The soldier and the ammunition phrase are borrowed to attach urgency to timber production.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"... pass the ammunition"
THE ARMY NEEDS MORE
LUMBER
50 FU ZES P.D., M46 LOT 290 [crate stencil, partly legible]
[signature:] Frederic Stanley
U. S. ARMY
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-595725
```

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