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title: Say yes! Take your change in War Stamps (three servicemen)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/say-yes-take-your-change-three-servicemen-1942/
description: Poster with three grinning faces in a sailor's white cap, an army visor cap and a blue peaked cap, whose speech balloon reads 'Say Yes!
section: Collection
---

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[![Say yes! Take your change in War Stamps, 1942 US poster: Poster with three grinning faces in a sailor's white cap, an army](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/say-yes-take-your-change-three-servicemen-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/say-yes-take-your-change-three-servicemen-1942.jpg)

# Say yes! Take your change in War Stamps (three servicemen)

Poster with three grinning faces in a sailor's white cap, an army visor cap and a blue peaked cap, whose speech balloon reads 'Say Yes! Take your change in War Stamps'. Several service branches speak with one voice to the shopper, a testimonial with a mild bandwagon effect.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[star]
SAY YES!
Take your change in WAR STAMPS
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—496083  WSS 690]
```

[← Say yes: take your change in War Stamps (soldier in helmet)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/say-yes-take-your-change-soldier-helmet-1942/) [Scrap →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scrap-fist-farm-usda-1942/)

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