In camp and overseas, Red Cross workers serve our fighting forces
Portrait poster of a woman and a man in American Red Cross uniforms with A.R.C. collar insignia, beside a Military Welfare badge, under a caption on service to troops. The technique is transfer: military dress and badges link the organisation to the fighting forces.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Red Cross, Military Welfare (artist Whitman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, 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)
American Red Cross, Military Welfare. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1089 (NAID 514616).
Text on the object
MILITARY WELFARE AMERICAN RED CROSS A.R.C. A.R.C. A.R.C. A.R.C. [signature: WHITMAN] ...IN CAMP...AND OVERSEAS RED CROSS WORKERS SERVE OUR FIGHTING FORCES [imprint: LITHO. IN U.S.A.] [imprint: POSTER 1209 - OCT. 1943]
