Pershing Says: The S.O.S. Shares the Success With Us
A morale poster for AEF supply personnel quotes General John J. Pershing by name, thanking the Services of Supply for its 'prompt response' to every wartime demand and calling it 'hearty congratulations.' Pershing's personal authority as commander stands in for any accounting of what the S.O.S. actually delivered.
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- American Expeditionary Forces (Services of Supply)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Testimonial
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 26, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (per Wikimedia Commons)
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA 512615)
Text on the object
Pershing Says: "I want the S.O.S. to know how the First Army appreciates the prompt response made to every demand for men, equipment, supplies, and transportation, necessary to carry out the recent operations. Hearty congratulations. The S.O.S. shares the success with us." Oberhardt [artist's signature beneath the portrait]
