Silence means security
Cartoon security poster: a wide-eyed figure in a service cap with large ears and nose has his mouth covered by a large orange hand whose sleeve is a star-and-stripes cuff. Slogan 'Silence means security'. Transfer: the flag cuff gives the silencing hand national authority; the figure's eyes glance sideways.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Department, Adjutant General's Office
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- 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)
War Department, Adjutant General's Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, War and Conflict Number 828 (NAID 515419).
Text on the object
SILENCE MEANS SECURITY [imprint: W.D., A.G.O. "Silence" Security Poster. Additional copies may be requisitioned as prescribed in AR 310-200, 1 May 1943, as changed by Changes No. 2, 15 September 1943.] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944--O--606742]
