Content note: Ethnic slur in the headline; a decorated U.S. soldier in dark glasses. This object is shown as it was published. Why
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.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Information Service Division (ISD No. 207)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- TestimonialName-calling
- 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 (NARA 515443, local id 44-PA-1770), Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44, series 'World War II Posters', retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. Government work; NARA use restriction 'Unrestricted')
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Text on the object
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.
