Small Fry
Food-conservation sheet for soldiers: a photograph of a small boy and girl sitting in a large frying pan above an orange flame, under the headline 'Small Fry'. The text links soldiers' food waste to 'rickety, undernourished kids', a fear-appeal built on children shown in the pan.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Army Orientation Course, Special Service Division, Army Service Forces (War Department), Newsmap
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- 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)
U.S. Army, Army Orientation Course. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1758 (NAID 515430).
Text on the object
SMALL FRY Think about America's Small Fry-your son or the daughter of your Buddy ★ When soldiers waste food, they feel the pinch ★ We aren't fighting this war to give America a lot of rickety, undernourished kids ★ This is the Army talking. We'll SAVE FOOD and safeguard their future! [imprint:] ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943 — [illegible] [imprint:] NEWSMAP Prepared and distributed by ARMY ORIENTATION COURSE, Special Service Division Army Service Forces, WAR DEPT., [illegible] Pentagon Bldg., Washington, D. C. Prepared from public sources of information
