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title: Snafshots of guys we can do without
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/snafshots-of-guys-we-can-do-without-1944/
description: 'Landscape sheet of six cartoon ''snapshots'' pinned to a corkboard, each captioned with a nickname for careless soldiers: Can Plugger, Match Scratcher.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Cartoon soldiers shown wrecking barracks property, including a nude figure in a wrecked shower and a pin-up picture being struck by a hammer. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Snafshots of guys we can do without, 1944 US poster: Landscape sheet of six cartoon 'snapshots' pinned to a corkboard, each](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/snafshots-of-guys-we-can-do-without-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/snafshots-of-guys-we-can-do-without-1944.jpg)

# Snafshots of guys we can do without

Landscape sheet of six cartoon 'snapshots' pinned to a corkboard, each captioned with a nickname for careless soldiers: Can Plugger, Match Scratcher, Wall Buster, Table Burner, Plumbing Wrecker, Window Smasher. The labels (name-calling) are the technique, with 'Don't be a G.I. Wrecker' as the closing tag.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SNAFSHOTS . . . of guys we can do without
CAN PLUGGER
MATCH SCRATCHER
WALL BUSTER
TABLE BURNER
PLUMBING WRECKER
WINDOW SMASHER
CRASH
DON'T BE A
"G.I. WRECKER"
[logo:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
[imprint:] ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 131-E-31
[imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—622756
```

[← Smokey says - Care will prevent 9 out of 10 woods fires!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/smokey-says-care-will-prevent-9-out-of-10-state-forest-service-1944/) [So the Jap's a Snap? I Can't See It (U.S. Army Official Poster) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/so-the-japs-a-snap-army-1944/)

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