Research (right half)
Right half of the two-part 'RESEARCH' wall chart: two soldiers filling out questionnaires at a desk, a soldier dropping a form into a box, a punch card and four typed reports. Captions say the questionnaires are nameless and that final reports go to commanders. The technique is faint here; the sheet reassures servicemen about anonymity.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Department, Army Service Forces (research branch)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- 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)
War Department, Army Service Forces (research branch). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1639B (NAID 515306).
Text on the object
SEARCH [...]n explain [...]onest an- Tens of thousands have anonymously filled out questionnaires—opportunity for real self-expression. Soldiers drop nameless questionnaires in box for direct shipment to Research Department in Washington. The information is transferred to machine record punch cards. Final reports are distributed, on request by commanders, to interested officers in Service Commands and Tactical Units. [typed report covers carry text too small to read: [illegible]]
