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title: '"Please... get there and back!" Be careful what you say or write'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/please-get-there-and-back-girl-security-1943/
description: Colour studio portrait of a young woman with a dark bow in her hair, resting her cheek on her fist, above a block of italic type and the line 'Be careful
section: Collection
---

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[!["Please... get there and back!" Be careful what you say or write, 1943 US poster: Colour studio portrait of a young woman](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/please-get-there-and-back-girl-security-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/please-get-there-and-back-girl-security-1943.jpg)

# "Please... get there and back!" Be careful what you say or write

Colour studio portrait of a young woman with a dark bow in her hair, resting her cheek on her fist, above a block of italic type and the line 'Be careful what you say or write'. The technique is transfer: a portrait and a personal plea attach to a security-of-information warning, with the danger itself not shown. The slogan is quoted in the transcription.

## 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

```
"Please... get there and BACK!"
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY OR WRITE
W.D., A.G.O., "Girl" Security Poster
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943--O-539260]
```

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