Someone needs what you waste
Mess-hall food-waste poster: a soldier in a tan shirt scrapes meat and scraps from his plate into a bin while rows of faded blue-toned soldiers stand behind him holding plates. The tell is the arrow slogan equating food with ammunition; the technique is faint here, and transfer is the closest fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Pvt. Wilfred W. Liddiard, QMRTC, Camp Lee, Va. (U.S. Army; issuing office not otherwise printed)
- 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
- Themes
- Home front, 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-1779 (NAID 515452).
Text on the object
SOMEONE NEEDS WHAT YOU WASTE FOOD IS AMMUNITION CONSERVE IT FCP-5 [signature:] Pvt. Wilfred W Liddiard QMRTC., CAMP LEE, VA.
