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title: Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/serve-conserve-services-1943/
description: Conservation sheet with four icons (light bulb, telephone, tap, locomotive), each heading a short instruction on electricity, calls, water or travel.
section: Collection
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# Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home

Conservation sheet with four icons (light bulb, telephone, tap, locomotive), each heading a short instruction on electricity, calls, water or travel. A red panel states that saving these services frees resources 'for War'. The slogan 'Serve our fighting men abroad, conserve these services at home...' ties household thrift to service of troops.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SERVE
our fighting men abroad
CONSERVE
these services at home...
ELECTRICITY...
Turn off lights and home
appliances when not needed
COMMUNICATIONS...
Don't make unnecessary
long distance phone calls
WATER...
Repair leaky faucets...don't
let water run needlessly
TRANSPORTATION...
War traffic comes first...
travel only when you must
Saving these services frees
fuel, manpower, material
and equipment for War.
[banner on eagle: FIGHT WASTE!]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 O-554713]
```

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