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title: See Him Through! Help Us to Help the Boys
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/see-him-through-help-us-to-help-the-boys-1918/
description: A Knights of Columbus secretary in uniform rests a hand on the back of a helmeted soldier walking toward shell bursts.
section: Collection
---

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[![See Him Through! Help Us to Help the Boys, 1918 US poster: A Knights of Columbus secretary in uniform rests a hand](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/see-him-through-help-us-to-help-the-boys-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/see-him-through-help-us-to-help-the-boys-1918.jpg)

# See Him Through! Help Us to Help the Boys

A Knights of Columbus secretary in uniform rests a hand on the back of a helmeted soldier walking toward shell bursts, under the headline 'See Him Through'. The text speaks as 'us' helping 'the boys' and links the donor to the soldier through the organisation's role as intermediary.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SEE HIM THROUGH
HELP US TO
HELP THE BOYS
NATIONAL CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
United War Work Campaign - We[ek of N]ovember 11 - 1918
BURTON RICE
NATIONAL CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL (seal)
K of C
```

Words in the date line are torn away; bracketed letters are supplied from the NARA title. The seal reads 'NATIONAL CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL' around a K of C emblem; 'K of C' also appears on the caps and collars and a 'KC' patch on the sleeve.

[← Aan de Nederl. Arbeidersklasse (SDAP and NVV manifesto calling a congress, Netherlands, November 1918)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sdap-nvv-aan-de-arbeidersklasse-1918/) [See Him Through: Help Us to Help the Boys (National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/see-him-through-knights-of-columbus-1918/)

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