... 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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (artist Frederic Stanley)
- 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, Labor
- 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. Army (artist Frederic Stanley). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1501 (NAID 515166).
Text on the object
"... 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
