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title: Save gas to win the war sooner
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-gas-to-win-the-war-sooner-1945/
description: 'Four-panel fuel-conservation sheet: a title panel ''Save gas to win the war sooner'' and three drawings of U.S. Army soldiers directing a truck, driving.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Save gas to win the war sooner, 1945 US poster: Four-panel fuel-conservation sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-gas-to-win-the-war-sooner-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-gas-to-win-the-war-sooner-1945.jpg)

# Save gas to win the war sooner

Four-panel fuel-conservation sheet: a title panel 'Save gas to win the war sooner' and three drawings of U.S. Army soldiers directing a truck, driving, and handling stacked fuel cans, each with a numbered instruction. The soldiers are shown as ordinary working servicemen giving practical tips, the plain-folks pattern; the war aim in the title is stated without figures.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SAVE
GAS
to win the war
sooner
1. MAKE EVERY MILE COUNT
Take the shortest route and a full load.
2. WATCH YOUR SPEED
The faster you drive the less mileage
you get on a gallon.
3. TAKE CARE OF CONTAINERS
They come in handy as gas reserves
and dispensers. Don't lose them!
[imprint: U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM]
[imprint: ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 138-O-44]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-629131]
```

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