Right behind him
Poster of a helmeted soldier with bayoneted rifle in front of a large blue locomotive, headline 'Right Behind Him' slanting across the top. The tell is the pairing of the soldier with the railroad name and a small shield reading 'Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds Now', so the soldier's standing is borrowed for the sponsor and the sale.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Association of American Railroads
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- 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)
Association of American Railroads. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1645 (NAID 515312).
Text on the object
RIGHT BEHIND HIM -with what it takes to haul what he needs - the Railroads Buy DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS Now ★ ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS ★
