Content note: Shows a bloodied soldier leading an armed landing under fire. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Plant more sugar beets. Sugar is energy. Let's give 'em plenty
Farm-production poster: American soldiers wade ashore from a landing craft under fire, the lead man bloodied and holding a bayonet-fixed rifle. The text asks growers to plant sugar beets and links the crop to the troops' energy, so the combat scene lends its weight to a planting request.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government (issuing agency not printed; U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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. government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1514 (NAID 515180).
Text on the object
PLANT MORE SUGAR BEETS SUGAR IS ENERGY - LET'S GIVE 'EM PLENTY [signature: illegible] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - O-578130]
