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
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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Army Conservation Program (SAVE)
- 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
- Theme
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1766 (NAID 515439).
Text on the object
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
