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
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service
- 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
- Theme
- Home front
- 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. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1585 (NAID 515250).
Text on the object
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
