Pvt. Joe Louis says: We're going to do our part ... and we'll win because we're on God's side
Photograph of boxer Joe Louis in uniform and helmet with a rifle and bayonet, on a blue panel with his name and a quotation beneath. The sheet uses a famous public figure's endorsement (testimonial) and the claim that victory follows because 'we're on God's side', a general assurance with no supporting fact.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information
- 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
- War and the military, Home front, Religion
- 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)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-87 (NAID 513548).
Text on the object
Pvt. Joe Louis says_ "We're going to do our part ... and we'll win because we're on God's side" [imprint: small print at foot, illegible]
Fine print at the foot is too small to read.
