Remember me? I was at Bataan. Buy war bonds
Dark painted half-length portrait of a lean man in an open-collared shirt, hat in hand, kneeling against green foliage; he speaks to the viewer: 'Remember me? I was at Bataan.' The speaker is a survivor figure who vouches for the appeal, a testimonial, and the claim of past suffering invites fear and guilt before 'Buy war bonds'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Savings Staff
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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. Treasury Department, War Savings Staff. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1626 (NAID 515292).
Text on the object
Remember me? I was at Bataan BUY WAR BONDS [signature: Brook] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943-O-513139 WSS 778]
