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title: Protect his America! Only you can prevent forest fires
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/protect-his-america-forest-fires-1945/
description: 'Forest fire prevention poster: a burning blue-star service flag hangs beside a charred tree on a stump-covered, fire-lit landscape.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Protect his America! Only you can prevent forest fires, 1945 US poster: Forest fire prevention poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/protect-his-america-forest-fires-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/protect-his-america-forest-fires-1945.jpg)

# Protect his America! Only you can prevent forest fires

Forest fire prevention poster: a burning blue-star service flag hangs beside a charred tree on a stump-covered, fire-lit landscape. The service flag, which families displayed for a relative in the forces, carries the sentiment of the soldier onto a fire-prevention request; the burned flag and flames add a fear-appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Protect his America!
Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES
U. S. Department Agriculture
Forest Service
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-668871]
State Forest Service
```

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