---
title: So the Jap's a Snap? I Can't See It (U.S. Army Official Poster)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/so-the-japs-a-snap-army-1944/
description: A decorated soldier in dark glasses, with what appears to be a cane handle at the lower left, speaks the headline 'So the Jap's a snap? I can't see it'.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Ethnic slur in the headline; a decorated U.S. soldier in dark glasses. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# So the Jap's a Snap? I Can't See It (U.S. Army Official Poster)

A decorated soldier in dark glasses, with what appears to be a cane handle at the lower left, speaks the headline 'So the Jap's a snap? I can't see it'. The wounded veteran's ribbons are the vouch: his testimony is meant to end the viewer's doubt about whether the war is nearly won.

## Text on the object

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

```
U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
SO THE JAP'S A SNAP?
I CAN'T SEE IT
ISD No. 207
```

GPO imprint at lower right (dated 1944) is in very small type and is not transcribed.

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