Right guys... use tools right

Photographic Army sheet: a helmeted soldier in coveralls inspects a wrench, with more tools and a grease gun laid on a bench, under the headline of the title. Three care rules sit at left. The technique is faint here; the ordinary working soldier is the only persuasive device, with the closing slogan 'Use the right tool, use the tool right'.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folks

Date: 1944
Period: Second World War
Made by: U.S. Army, Army Conservation Program
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: Military
Regime: Roosevelt Administration
Leader: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience: Own forces
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
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. Army, Army Conservation Program. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1647 (NAID 515314).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

RIGHT GUYS...
...use tools right

KEEP TOOLS CLEAN
KEEP THEM OILED
PUT THEM AWAY

USE THE RIGHT TOOL • USE THE TOOL RIGHT

[imprint:] SAVE (U.S. ARMY CONSERVATION PROGRAM)
ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 134-O-26    ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—621094

The GPO number at lower right is small; the final digits are read as best possible.