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title: 'Soldier Deposits 4%: A good way to save, sign up now'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soldier-deposits-4-percent-1944/
description: A red eagle's head on a blue and red field carries the words 'Soldier Deposits' and a large '4%', with the line 'A good way to save - sign up now' below.
section: Collection
---

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[![Soldier Deposits 4%: A good way to save, sign up now, 1944 US poster: A red eagle's head on a blue and red field carries](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/soldier-deposits-4-percent-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/soldier-deposits-4-percent-1944.jpg)

# Soldier Deposits 4%: A good way to save, sign up now

A red eagle's head on a blue and red field carries the words 'Soldier Deposits' and a large '4%', with the line 'A good way to save - sign up now' below. The tell is card-stacking: the interest rate is the one fact shown large, with no terms or limits on the face of the sheet, though the technique is mild.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SOLDIER DEPOSITS ★ 4%

A GOOD WAY TO SAVE-SIGN UP NOW

SOLDIERS' DEPOSIT POSTER SP NO. 21
[imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—604502

C OVERSEAS AND PASSING THROUGH PE (5), TO BE DISPLAYED ON BULLETIN BOARDS AND ON OR NEAR PAY TABLES: PE (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (50); T OF OPNS (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); SV C (OVERSEAS) (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); BASE COMD (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); ISLAND COMD (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); AREAS (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10).
```

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